Queens
A Woodhaven resident got the scare of a lifetime when a would-be burglar stuck his head through her apartment window, police sources said.
The 38-year-old woman was in her apartment at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday when the window air conditioner suddenly started moving, the sources said.
The victim shrieked when it fell to the floor and a man popped his head in, the sources said.
He fled, and she dialed 911 and provided cops with a description of the suspect.
Kevin Young, 25, was arrested nearby.
He had two outstanding warrants for his arrest, for prior attempted burglary and multiple juvenile arrests that had been sealed, cops said.
Brooklyn
A man was shot multiple times in Canarsie, cops said.
The 29-year-old victim was walking to his vehicle on Avenue N near East 94th Street Friday at around 6:30 a.m. when he was shot three times, according to police.
The victim was rushed to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening wounds, cops said.
Cops are searching for two suspects last seen running west on Avenue N in black hoodies.
A Coney Island man was found shot dead in an apartment building, authorities said.
At 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Shawn White, 25, was found dead with gunshot wounds in a stairwell of an apartment building on West 27th Street near Surf Avenue, cops said.
He had sustained gunshot wounds to the head, torso and leg, according to police. No arrests have been made.
Authorities are investigating a Borough Park blaze that resulted in injury.
More than 60 firefighters responded to a blazing, two-story home on 18th Avenue near Cristoforo Colombo Blvd. at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, the authorities said.
The victim was rushed to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The FDNY Bureau of Fire Investigations is probing the blaze, authorities said. The department had no immediate updates on the cause of the fire.
The Bronx
A Puerto Rican restaurant was burglarized in Soundview, police sources said.
A worker at La Lechonera Boriquen was opening the eatery at Westchester and Stratford Avenues at 6 a.m. on Dec 18 when she saw a ladder in the back of the store, the sources said, then discovered a hole in the roof.
The thieves had pocketed $200 in cash from the register, the sources said.
Investigators pulled video surveillance from the restaurant and are studying it to ascertain clues, cops said.
No arrests have been made at this time.
Staten Island
A livery-cab driver turned the tables on two thieves who tried to pass themselves off as police officers, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
The two crooks summoned a car-service vehicle to Van Buren Street near York Avenue and hopped in on last Saturday at 1:50 a.m., with one jumping into the front passenger seat.
Donavan Prescod, 19, refused to move to the back seat despite the driver asking him several times to do so.
Instead, Prescod insisted that the cabby just drive and then, claiming to be a cop, demanded that the driver show him identification.
“I’m a police officer and I need you to show your ID to my partner,” Prescod allegedly barked at the victim.
Prescod also flashed a set of handcuffs, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
His buddy, Mark Melendez, 19, was sitting in the back seat. But the driver called his bluff and said he would gladly drive them to the 120th Precinct station house and show his ID to a uniformed officer.
As the savvy cabby proceeded to the station house, the pair jumped out at York Avenue and Richmond Terrace.
Police soon found the suspects, with Melendez allegedly in possession of a Ziploc bag of crack.
They were charged with theft of services, criminal impersonation and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
A drunken driver was practically begging to be cuffed when he slammed into another car in Tottenville, cops said.
Harold Jones, 65, was driving a Mercury sedan — bearing vanity license plates reading “HANCUF” — when he sideswiped a Hyundai at Butler and Craig avenues Tuesday at 7:18 p.m., officers said.
Jones fled the scene without leaving identification or insurance information with the victim.
The hit-run suspect then rear ended a Volkwagen in Annadale at Hylan Boulevard and Huguenot Avenue, cops said.
He allegedly fled from that smash, too.
The alleged drunken driver had bloodshot, watery eyes and slurred speech, and was unsteady on his feet, cops said.
When officers caught up with Jones, he refused to take a Breathalyzer at the scene.
He was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting property damage, according to authorities.