Queens
■ Two break-in crooks wreaked havoc at two business establishments in Rego Park, authorities said.
The young men entered a dental office on 63rd Avenue near Booth Street at about 3 a.m. Wednesday through an open basement window, cops said.
The two were seen on surveillance video moving things around and leaving the office in disarray, but they departed apparently with no stolen property, police said.
According to authorities, about 20 minutes later they broke into a Petland Discounts outlet on 63rd Drive near Saunders Street less than two blocks away, and removed two cages containing an array of esoteric small birds.
The assortment of creatures included a white ringneck parrot, a red bronze canary, a shaft-tail finch, three zebra finches and a cut-throat finch, said authorities.
The caged birds were recovered in the alleyway behind the store, cops said, and none of the fine feathered friends flew the coop.
The Bronx
■ Cops arrested a man in connection with the slaying of a Fordham woman last month.
Police believe Michael Tsiakaros, 20, stabbed Jasmine Canton, 19, in the chest in her Fordham apartment near East 193rd Street and Canton Avenue on April 26.
A witness said he saw Tsiakaros running from the apartment building armed with a bloodied knife that morning at about 8:45 a.m.
“I was walking my dog. I saw a dude run out of the basement with a huge knife,” said the witness, who identified himself as “Leon.”
“He ran down the block. His clothes were covered in blood. He stopped and looked at me and my dog — the look in his eyes was crazy. He looked like he was high on something,” the witness added.
Tsiakaros, of New Jersey, was arrested Friday at his girlfriend’s home on Milford Avenue in the town of Oradell.
He was charged with manslaughter, cops said.
His rap sheet includes arrests in Paramus and Moonachie.
Police say they believe the suspect and the victim had not been previously acquainted but had been doing drugs in the Fordham apartment leading up to the slaying.
Canton had left the apartment at 2 a.m. that day and returned with Tsiakaros, according to a neighbor who spoke with Canton’s roommate.
■ A man in University Heights scammed a jewelry store when he purchased a religious pendant and other merchandise with counterfeit bills, cops said.
The suspect, in his mid-20s, tried on the bling at New George Jewelry on East Fordham Road near Bainbridge Avenue at 8:30 p.m. last Saturday, cops said.
He bought a diamond-studded Jesus-face pendant, a bracelet and two necklaces, and paid with $25,000 in fake bills, cops said.
The suspect, described as 5-foot-8 and unshaven, was last seen wearing a white shirt and a black cap, cops said.
Manhattan
■ The body of a 34-year-old man was found floating off Governors Island, cops said.
The body was found fully clothed near Carter and West Ferry Line Road Friday at around 5:45 a.m., according to police.
The NYPD Harbor Unit transported the corpse to Pier 16 and turned it over to emergency responders, cops said.
Investigators said there were no immediate signs of trauma on the body.
There was cash and identification in the pockets, cops said.
Police said the unidentified decedent is from Elmhurst, Queens.
The investigation is continuing.
Staten Island
■ Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man suspected of murdering a foe in New Brighton, authorities said.
Christopher Harrell, 24, allegedly shot Anthony Pollard, also 24, as the victim sat in a parked car with a woman at Forest and Sharon avenues at 4 a.m. last Dec. 1, authorities said.
Harrell pulled up in a white Audi to Pollard’s vehicle, got out, blasted him in the chest and sped away, according to police.
The victim’s stunned companion managed to call 911, and Pollard was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, where he died.