The Bronx
Three brutes (two pictured at right) barged into a woman’s apartment in Fordham Heights, where they beat and robbed her, authorities said.
The thugs walked into the Webster Avenue building at around 3 p.m. Dec. 16 before heading up to the 21-year-old victim’s pad and knocking on the door, cops said.
When the woman opened the door, all three men burst in with guns in hand and began pistol- whipping the victim in the face, knocking her to the ground, according to police.
The thieves then ransacked her apartment, stealing a laptop, a phone and other property, cops said.
A thief pushed his way into a couple’s Norwood apartment before robbing them, authorities said Monday.
The crook (pictured at left) entered a building at Decatur Avenue and East Gun Hill Road at around 12:30 a.m. Dec. 14 before opening the victims’ apartment door and ordering the man and woman, both 53, to the floor at gunpoint, cops said.
The thief then rifled through the apartment, stealing jewelry and cellphones before fleeing, cops said.
A woman was killed when she was hit by two vehicles in Greenpoint, including a truck driven by an unlicensed driver, according to authorities.
Nicole Detweiler, 32, was crossing McGuinness Boulevard from east to west near Nassau Avenue at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday when she was struck by a BMW that knocked her into the path of an oncoming Isuzu box truck.
Detweiler, who lived just blocks from where she was hit, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
The drivers of both vehicles remained at the scene, but Roberto Amador, 35, the operator of the truck, was arrested for driving without a license, cops said.
The arrest came just days after he was busted for the same offense when he hit a cab at West End Avenue and West 105th Street in Manhattan, authorities said.
Queens
A Parks Department employee has been charged with sexually abusing an underage female relative over a long period of time, sources said.
Rene Herrera, 57, who was a manager at Forest Park in Kew Gardens, was cuffed Sunday at his home and charged with three counts of sex abuse, cops said.
Police did not give much detail on the victim or say for how long the alleged abuse had gone on, but the sources confirmed that she is a relative and below the age of legal consent.
The alleged abuse apparently took place years ago and it remains unclear what prompted Herrera’s arrest Sunday.
A Parks Department spokesperson said Herrera has been suspended without pay.
Brooklyn
A thief robbed an East New York grocery store at gunpoint, according to authorities.
The masked bandit (pictured at right) walked into Ashford Deli and Grocery on Ashford Street at around 9:30 p.m. Christmas Eve and pointed a gun at the clerk’s face, demanding cash, cops said.
The employee did as he was told and handed over $150 before the thug bolted from the store and ran into the Boulevard Houses just across the street, according to police.
The thief is approximately 6 feet tall and weighs around 180 pounds, cops said.
He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, blue jeans and a ski mask.
Staten Island
A thief trying to snatch another teen’s cellphone in St. George got into a struggle with the victim, who desperately tried to hold on to the device, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
Phillip Joe, 16, approached the victim outside Curtis HS on Hamilton Avenue at around 11 a.m. Dec. 19 and ordered the other boy to hand over his phone, the complaint states.
When the victim refused, Joe put him in a headlock and a struggle ensued.
Joe allegedly managed to grab the phone and flee.
He was arrested not long after and was charged with attempted robbery, attempted petit larceny, attempted assault and harassment, the complaint states.