Brooklyn
An armed man walked into a Flatbush deli for a sandwich and then tried to rob the place when he found out they were not serving food, police said.
The suspect (right) walked into the bodega on Glenwood Road, near Flatbush Avenue, at about 6:45 a.m. on Jan. 4 and asked for food, but a 29-year-old cashier told him the deli counter wasn’t open yet, cops said.
Then the hungry man sidled up to the worker behind the counter, pulled out a gun and demanded cash instead, according to police.
The victim gave the robber some cash, but when the thief put his gun down to shove the dough in his pocket, the clerk fought back and scared off the suspect, cops said.
The suspect did not manage to get any cash and the victim was not injured, officials said.
A man who wouldn’t give up his iPhone 4 without a fight suffered injuries during a robbery in Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said.
The 35-year-old man was walking into his home on Putnam and Franklin avenues around 2:30 a.m. last Dec. 23 when he was approached by a man who demanded his cellphone, police said.
The victim refused and the thief yanked him down the front steps before snatching the phone, cops added.
The victim’s head slammed on the steps during the struggle and he suffered cuts, according to police. He was taken to Interfaith Hospital, where he was treated for the head injury and released, cops said.
The suspect (left) fled.
A gunman shot a 26-year-old man in East New York on Thursday night, police said.
An unknown attacker opened fire on the victim, shooting him once in the back across the street from a supermarket on Pitkin Avenue, near Miller Avenue, around 9:30 p.m.
The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital and is expected to survive, officials said.
No arrests have been made and the motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, cops said.
Three brutes tried to rob a man on a subway train in Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said.
The 22-year-old victim was riding the C train as it was pulling into the Franklin Avenue station around 3:30 p.m. last Nov. 26 when the suspects walked up and began punching him repeatedly, cops said.
The would-be thieves tried to wrestle the victim’s bag away from him, but eventually fled empty-handed cops said.
Surveillance cameras caught the bumbling bandits running away with huge smiles on their faces.
Two workers were zip-tied during a terrifying robbery at a T-Mobile store in Sunnyside, authorities said.
The two suspects were captured on surveillance video as they walked into the electronics store on Queens Boulevard, near 46th Street, as the store was closing at 9 p.m. on Dec. 19, cops said.
The robbers, who were covered with clothing from head to toe, ordered the employees to the back of the store at gunpoint, according to police.
The duo zip-tied the workers before stealing a suitcase full of electronics and wads of cash from the register, cops said.
The suspects fled and the victims were not injured, police said.
The Bronx
A teen went Apple-picking on a train barreling through Soundview, police said.
The suspect was wearing a gray hoodie and a bubble jacket when he plucked an iPhone from a straphanger as the No. 6 train pulled into the St. Lawrence Avenue station around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 30, cops said.
The suspect fled and the 27-year-old woman he robbed was not injured, police said. No arrests have been made.