Cops released video footage of two suspects (above) who allegedly attacked a man for his smartphone in University Heights.
Queens
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Police have arrested a teen who, with three cohorts, viciously beat and robbed a man in Far Rockaway, cops said.
The 15-year-old, who was nabbed yesterday morning, is accused of pummeling the 20-year-old victim and taking his iPhone 5 at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday on Channing Road near Beach Ninth Street, authorities said.
Dramatic video surveillance that was located by the Rockaway Citizens Safety Patrol helped identify the suspect.
“They jumped me, threw me to the floor,” said the shaken victim, who did not wish to be identified.
“They kicked me in the head and in the back, punching and kicking. Thank God a lot of people really helped me out.”
He was treated at St. John’s Hospital and released.
The unidentified suspect was charged with two counts of robbery.
His three alleged accomplices are still on the loose.
Manhattan
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Well, here’s a sour note!
A thief struck a karaoke lounge on the Lower East Side, authorities said.
A 39-year-old woman’s wallet was lifted from her pocketbook at about 3:15 a.m. April 28 at Karaoke Bo-Ho on Orchard Street, police said.
The crook then used her credit cards in Manhattan and The Bronx.
The suspect was described as being in his late 20s, 6 feet tall and 190 pounds.
He has a beard and sported a red jacket and baseball hat, cops said.
The Bronx
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A teen was held up by six crooks in Crotona Park East, police said.
The 16-year-old victim was walking near the intersection of Southern Boulevard and East 175th Street when he was approached by six men at about 9:50 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
One suspect told him to empty his pockets, then took his cellphone and fled on foot, authorities said.
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Police arrested a man who threatened to kill his wife in West Farms as their toddler looked on crying , authorities said.
Melvin Francisco, 24, hit the victim with a glass bottle on her left arm, then pushed her into a table in an apartment on Morris Park Avenue at about 11 a.m. May 18, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
When she fell, he allegedly grabbed her hair and pulled her, snarling, “I’m going to kill you! I’m going to kill you!”
Their 3-year-old son bawled as he watched the alleged assault.
Police arrested Francisco at the scene shortly before noon. He was charged with assault, menacing, endangering the welfare of a child and harassment.
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Cops released video footage of two suspects who allegedly attacked a man for his smartphone in University Heights.
The 37-year-old victim was at Creston Avenue and East 183rd Street at around 1 a.m. April 27 when the two thugs jumped, punched and kicked him, police said.
The suspects made off with his iPhone and a wad of cash, cops added.
The victim was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital, where he was treated for injuries to his face and head.
Brooklyn
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Cops quickly collared two teen robbers who had held up and pummeled a man in Park Slope, authorities said.
The 26-year-old victim had just left the Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street subway station when he was approached on 10th Street by Jay Akueno, 16, and his 13-year-old lookout at about 9 p.m. May 21, law-enforcement sources said.
The duo allegedly told him to hand over his iPhone, but he refused.
Akueno then allegedly punched him in the face, breaking his glasses and knocking him to his knees.
His backpack fell off, and the duo allegedly snatched it.
Inside was a Kindle, an umbrella and other items, the sources said.
When the man got up, the young thugs told him they would stab him if he called police, and then ran off, authorities said.
But a good Samaritan called 911 and police quickly caught the two suspects nearby.
Akueno was hit with a slew of charges, including four counts of robbery, assault, criminal mischief, and petit larceny, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
His juvenile accomplice is being charged separately in Family Court.
The victim was not badly injured, and did not need medical treatment, the sources added.