Manhattan
A man robbed an Upper East Side drugstore at gunpoint, forcing the pharmacist to fill a bag with Viagra, Cialis and oxycodone tablets before fleeing, authorities said Sunday.
The thief walked into the Health Source Pharmacy on Second Avenue near East 69th Street at around 10 a.m. Dec. 21, pointed a gun at the 27-year-old pharmacist and ordered her to hand over the pills.
The terrified woman did as she was told, loading a brown paper bag with the painkillers and the erectile-enhancement pills before handing it over to the gun-toting thug, who took off, cops said.
Police described the man as approximately Â6-foot-1 and 200 pounds.
A woman was nearly raped while walking through Washington Heights, according to authorities.
The 52-year-old victim was walking at West 175th Street and Haven Avenue at around 6 p.m. Friday when a man (pictured at right) came up behind her and threw her to the ground, cops said.
The brute then tried to rape the woman in plain sight before she started screaming and he let her go.
The victim then tried to run home to her building, but the attacker followed her inside, where he stole her cellphone before running off, police said.
Surveillance video caught him entering the building, police said.
He is around 5-foot-10 and 175 pounds, officials said.
A callous thief stole a cellphone from a female good Samaritan as she looked up directions for him after he pretended to be lost in Morningside Heights, according to authorities.
The crook walked up to his 32-year-old victim at Morningside Drive and West 120th Street at around 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9 and asked for directions, cops said.
The helpful woman pulled out her phone to look at a map, but instead of thanking her, the creep grabbed the device and ran into Morningside Park, cops said.
Brooklyn
A large group of teens (pictured at left) attacked and robbed a man on a Cypress Hills street, authorities said.
The 40-year-old victim was walking at Liberty Avenue and Berriman Street at around 12:30 a.m. Dec. 21 when two men punched him in the face and knocked him to the ground, according to police.
Several other men and women then ganged up on the victim while he was down, punching and kicking him before stealing his cellphone and fleeing, cops added.
The attackers are believed to be in their late teens.
A gunman shot a teen inside a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing complex, authorities said.
The 18-year-old victim was in the lobby of 85 Tompkins Ave., in the Tompkins Houses, at about 10 a.m. on Dec. 21 when the shooter approached him and fired several shots, striking him once in the right arm, cops said.
The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was in stable condition.
The gunman, caught on surveillance video running into the building with three other men, is about 5-foot-7, and weighs around 135 pounds, according to police.
He was wearing a dark hooded coat, gray pants and black sneakers.
Queens
Two thieves knocked off a Fresh Meadows Bank, authorities said.
The men entered the TD Bank branch on Main Street near 76th Avenue at around 7 p.m. Friday, and one of them displayed a gun and announced a robbery before ordering the employees to the ground, according to police.
The second crook then jumped over the counter and stole $142 before both men fled, cops added.