The suspect (pictured above) hailed a cab on Rosedale Avenue at around 12:30 a.m., Thursday, cops said.
A gun-toting suspect (above) is wanted for shooting a man in Laurelton, authorities said.
This man (above) is wanted in connection with a dozen robberies of drivers around Flushing.
The Bronx
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Police are looking for a suspected thief wanted for burglarizing a Belmont office building, authorities said.
The suspect broke into a third-floor office on Third Avenue near East 181st Street between 2:40 a.m. and 3 a.m. Monday, police said.
He stole a backpack full of personal papers and a computer before fleeing from the building, cops said.
The perpetrator is 5-foot-5, 170 pounds and was wearing a gray hat and black jacket, police said.
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An armed robber stuck up two livery-cab drivers in less than one week in Soundview and Castle Hill, police said.
The suspect hailed a cab on Rosedale Avenue at around 12:30 a.m., Thursday, cops said.
He pointed a gun at the 45-year-old victim, demanded his cellphone and cash, and ordered him to leave his cab, authorities said.
Then, at about 10:45 p.m. Monday, the gunman struck again, robbing a livery driver at Olmstead and Barrett avenues, cops added.
This time, he took the driver’s money and the car, according to police.
The suspect is believed to be in his late 50s and about 5-foot-10. He was wearing a green cap and a green Army shirt.
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A teen was arrested for stealing and breaking a cellphone in Soundview, authorities said.
Wanya Bonneau, 16, allegedly grabbed a woman’s phone at about 9:45 p.m. Saturday on Colgate Avenue near Lafayette Avenue.
When she ran after him, he turned around and threw the phone to the ground, breaking it, authorities added.
The victim then followed the young thief in her car until he threw a hard object at it, leaving a dent, court papers say.
Police arrested Bonneau later that night, charging him with grand larceny and petit larceny, as well as criminal mischief and criminal possession of stolen property, the records show.
Staten Island
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If you’re going to rob a bank, better make sure you’re not standing next to a cop.
A man wanted for robbing a Tompkinsville bank Monday was busted when he tried to knock off a New Dorp bank yesterday — because an off-duty cop was at a window right next to him, law-enforcement sources said.
Edward Trifeletti, 35, allegedly passed a demand note to a teller and announced a robbery within earshot of the cop at a Chase branch on Hylan Boulevard.
Officer Richard Ocasio, who is assigned to the 120th Precinct on Staten Island, placed the crook under arrest at 11:10 a.m., cops said. After Trifeletti was charged with the heist, cops pinned the first robbery, too, on him.
On Monday he hit up a Northfield Bank on Bay Street and walked away with $1,550 in cash, law-enforcement sources said.
Trifeletti was charged with robbery and grand larceny.
Queens
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This man is wanted in connection with a dozen robberies of drivers around Flushing.
In a surveillance video released yesterday, the suspect and two others are seen after approaching a mark and claiming they had a flat tire before robbing him.
The first robbery happened on Feb. 15 on Jamaica Avenue. The most recent was on Feb. 28 on Northern Boulevard.
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A gun-toting suspect is wanted for shooting a man in Laurelton, authorities said.
The victim was on Merrick Boulevard at 237th Street when the man came up to him Saturday at 3:50 a.m., police said.
He allegedly flashed the gun and opened fire on the victim, hitting him in the buttocks.
The suspect then ran, police said.
The victim was rushed to Mercy Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.
The assailant was described in his 20s, about 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds.