Manhattan
The FBI and NYPD are hunting for a fifth suspect in the $700,000 smash-and-grab at Cartier’s on New Year’s Eve.
Ralik Hansen was one of at least five thieves who raced inside the crowded Fifth Avenue flagship store through a side entrance at 12:30 p.m., cops said.
More than a dozen shocked customers and staff watched as the crooks used hammers to smash a display case and scoop out 16 timepieces worth $709,000, sources said.
The FBI, assisted by the NYPD, has tracked down four of the perpetrators.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Hansen was last seen with a shaved head and noticeable scars on his left wrist and left elbow.
Hansen, 28, has been charged and indicted in the Cartier case.
Anyone with information is urged to call the FBI at (212) 384-1000. All calls will be kept confidential.
A stoned driver with prescription sedatives and an armor-piercing bullet in his car was arrested after smashing into the walls of the Holland Tunnel, police said.
Noel Bautista, 19, of Allentown, Pa., was driving his gray Infiniti out of the city Monday at about 6:30 p.m. when he swerved and hit a wall in the north tube, knocking off his front fender, police said.
When Port Authority cops questioned and searched Bautista, the driver admitted he had “smoke weed,” officials said.
Police also said they found the prescription drug Clonazepam and a hollow-point bullet.
The bullets are sometimes referred to as “cop killers” because they can pierce protective vests worn by police.
Bautista and his passenger, José Ortiz (photo below Bautista’s), 18, were charged with possession of the ammunition, PA police spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said.
Bautista also was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and illegal possession of prescription drugs.
Staten Island
Two men who had 180 bags of heroin labeled “Victory” between them were arrested in Stapleton, authorities said.
Hermino Rivera and Efrain LaTorre, 44, were spotted selling the dope from a Ford Explorer on Water Street last Friday at about 8:50 a.m., a Criminal Court complaint states.
Cops watched as one of the men got out of the SUV, entered a Mercedes driven by Jonathan Straughter, 49, and made a hand-to-hand deal, court records state.
The duo dropped 80 bags of heroin from the window before cops searched the vehicle and busted them, court documents state.
Rivera and LaTorre were charged with possession and sale of controlled substances, according to a spokesman for Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Straughter was charged with drug possession.
A boozed-up driver from New Jersey kicked off St. Patrick’s Day by driving a 2014 Mercedes more than 100 mph while drunk in Travis, authorities said.
Amit Patel, 34, was stopped Monday at about 2 a.m. for gunning it through the intersection of West Shore Expressway and Edward Curry Avenue allegedly with a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit, sources said.
Cops said that when they questioned him, they noticed he had blood-shot eyes and smelled booze on his breath before administering a blood alcohol test that registered .182.
The legal limit is .08.
Patel was charged with driving while intoxicated.
The Bronx
Two teens jumped and stabbed a man in Claremont, authorities said.
Jose Rivera, 16, and Tiquan Robinson, 17, walked up to the victim on Franklin Avenue, near East 169th Street, last Friday at about 11:30 a.m., asked to speak to him, then threatened to “line up” the victim, a Criminal Court complaint charges.
Robinson then pulled a pocket-knife with a black handle, while Rivera began punching the victim in the face, court records state.
Rivera jumped on the man’s back just before the victim felt a sharp stabbing pain, court documents state.
The victim then saw Robinson standing nearby with the knife in his hand, the complaint says.
Rivera and Robinson were charged with assault, menacing, weapon possession and harassment.