Manhattan
Cops are asking for help identifying a three-borough bank robber who they say has struck seven times this year, hitting branches from lower Manhattan to The Bronx and Queens for about $20,000.
The thief began his spree at 11 a.m. Jan. 25 at a Chase Bank on Barclay Street, police said.
On Feb. 22, he hit banks on Delancey Street and in Midtown, according to cops.
Six days later, he robbed a bank in Fordham, The Bronx, police added.
On March 8, he robbed a Chase Bank on Fifth Avenue, but struck out at a Citibank up the block, cops said.
Two days later, he made off with cash from the Flushing Bank on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, police added.
No injuries were reported.
He is about 25 years old, 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds.
A woman stole more than $40,000 worth of equipment at a series of rental companies — and told cops she pawned the ill-gotten goods because her mother is behind on the mortgage, authorities said Wednesday.
Between Jan. 26 and April 14, Kelly Grimes, 44, of Brooklyn, rented gear from Root, CSI, DCTV and Scheimpflug Digital and failed to return it, according to four Criminal court Complaints filed against her.
Grimes rented from $3,000 to $20,000 worth of equipment from each shop, making off with cameras, lenses, batteries, memory cards, cables, and a card reader, the records state.
She used a stolen credit card for her largest haul, the court papers state.
When questioned, she allegedly told police, “My friend found the wallet [with the credit card] on the bus. I did it because my mother is $4,000 behind on the mortgage.”
She also said she pawned items at a store on Long Island, according to the court documents.
Grimes is charged with identity theft, criminal possession of stolen property and four counts of grand larceny.
A Tribeca Film Festival employee fears for his life after a disgruntled former co-worker threatened to kill him, sources said Wednesday.
The 45-year-old victim was on his way to work at around 8:30 a.m. Friday, when the hostile ex-colleague ran his bike into him at Eighth Avenue and West 24th Street, the sources added.
The menacing co-worker, known only as “Ali,” had been fired after grabbing the victim’s rear-end at work earlier this year, the sources said.
A deranged naked man ran onto the subway tracks in the Financial District on Wednesday and started a rubbish fire, cops said.
The man, believed to be in his 40s, leaped onto the tracks near Fulton and Williams streets and ducked into a small room inside the tunnel at around 10:15 a.m., police added.
Once inside, he set garbage on fire, forcing the MTA to shut off power in both directions, cops said.
Service was disrupted and rerouted on the No. 2 and 3 lines, until the firebug was captured at around 11 a.m. The fire was minor and no injuries were reported, officials said.
The man, whose name was not released, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation, with charges pending.
A brazen thief vandalized an unmarked police car parked around the corner from the the NYPD’s Manhattan South Task Force headquarters in Hell’s Kitchen, sources said Wednesday.
The thief took both side-view mirrors from the car, parked on 10th Avenue between West 42nd and West 43rd streets, sometime between 7 p.m. May 1 and noon May 2.
The Bronx
Cops are on the hunt for a woman who allegedly disfigured a rival in Morris Heights.
Taneisha House, 26, slashed the victim across the face with a razor blade at Grant Avenue and East 167th Street at around 7 a.m. March 29, police said Wednesday.
The victim, who is also 26, suffered a bloody gash from her right cheek down to her mouth, according to cops.
She was treated at Lincoln Hospital and later released.
The attacker and victim know each other, but it was unclear what sparked the violence, police said.