Staten Island
A man put a knife to his girlfriend’s throat and threatened to throw her 2-year-old daughter from a 10th-floor balcony in Mariners Harbor — all because he didn’t like the woman’s Facebook pictures, authorities said.
Angel Flores, 47, went ballistic inside the Holland Avenue apartment just after midnight Feb. 15 and demanded that his girlfriend remove the photos, a Criminal Court complaint charges.
When she didn’t do so right away, he grabbed the toddler and threatened to throw her off the balcony, pulled a knife on his girlfriend and then ripped a television off a wall and stomped it to bits, law-enforcement sources said.
The woman and child were not seriously injured.
Flores was charged with menacing, criminal mischief, weapon possession and endangering the welfare of a child.
US Parks Police arrested a repeat drunken driver in Fort Wadsworth, authorities said.
Martin Sanchez, 40, had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times over the legal limit when an officer spotted him near Fort Wadsworth Park at 5:20 a.m., Saturday, a Criminal Court complaint states.
Sanchez was slumped over inside his 1999 Chevy Tahoe, with his foot on the brake and the SUV in drive, the documents say.
When the cop knocked on his window and woke him up, Sanchez allegedly tried to get away, but the officer jumped into the SUV and stopped it.
Sanchez reeked of alcohol and wobbled when he got out of the vehicle, then flailed his arms to avoid being cuffed, the complaint says.
His blood-alcohol level allegedly registered at .22; the legal limit is .08.
It turned out that Sanchez had two prior arrests for drunken driving, in 2007 and 2010, and his license had been suspended, sources said.
He was charged this time with DUI, driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest, said a spokesman for District Attorney Dan Donovan.
Manhattan
A bumbling bandit tried but failed to hold up a bank on the Upper West Side, police said.
The crook walked into the Chase branch on Columbus Avenue near West 67th Street at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and passed the teller a note saying he had a gun, cops said.
The would-be robber demanded cash, but the teller refused to comply and the man ran off empty-handed, according to police.
He is about 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds and was last seen wearing a black hat and a blue coat.
The Bronx
A gun-toting passenger robbed two cabdrivers in Castle Hill months apart, authorities said.
In the first instance, William “Tracy” Ford, 46, hailed a cab on Nov. 19 and asked to be taken to the Castle Hill Houses. When the car pulled up to the destination at around 9:40 p.m., Ford pressed what felt like the barrel of a gun to the driver’s torso, a Criminal Court complaint charges.
“Give me everything or I will hurt you,” he allegedly warned.
The driver turned over $80 and Ford fled, according to the records.
Then at around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6, he pulled the same stunt on the same block, making off with just $28, the documents state.
Ford was charged with robbery, weapon possession, grand larceny, petit larceny, menacing and harassment. Neither driver was injured.
A South Bronx thug pummeled a man during a failed robbery attempt, authorities said.
Joseph Carey, 23, walked into a deli on Westchester Avenue at around 11:30 a.m. Feb. 8 and demanded cash from the clerk, a Criminal Court complaint charges.
He began punching the 29-year-old victim in the head, face and body, but fled empty-handed, the documents say.
When cops caught up with him, they found nine bags of marijuana in his pockets, the records state.
Carey was charged with assault, attempted robbery, menacing, harassment and possession of marijuana.
A 20-year-old man was shot several times on a street corner in Eastchester.
The gunman fired several shots at the intersection of East 213th Street and Boston Road at around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, hitting the victim, who had just turned the corner.
The victim took a bullet in the back, one in the left hand and one in the upper right arm, according to police.
It was not immediately clear if he was the intended target.
The wounded man was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where he was expected to survive.
The shooter, who fled west on East 213th Street, is about 6-feet tall and was wearing a black jacket.
A crazed ex-boyfriend seriously assaulted the mother of his child in Bronxdale, authorities said.
Miguel Cantos, 34, got into an argument with the woman on Barnes Avenue at around 8 p.m. Feb. 9, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
“I am going to kill you,” he said, moments before he pried a cellphone out of her hand and beat her with it, the records say.
Cantos then allegedly grabbed her by the hair and threw her around the apartment.
The 24-year-old woman suffered a deep laceration to her forehead and was treated at an area hospital.
Cantos was charged with assault, possession of a weapon, menacing, harassment and assault.