The Bronx
A senior citizen was charged with felony assault for attacking his ex-wife with a hammer inside a Highbridge home, authorities said.
Ramon Almonte, 66, flew into a jealous rage and attacked the mother of his four children in a University Avenue apartment May 9 at about 2:15 a.m., a Criminal Court complaint charges.
Almonte shouted, “You are garbage and disrespectful,” before striking the victim in the legs with a hammer so hard that she passed out, court papers state.
When she awoke on the floor, Almonte was pummeling her repeatedly in the face, causing her to bleed from the eyes, documents state.
He then allegedly told the victim, “You can leave at six o’clock.”
The woman went to the hospital for bleeding, bruising, pain, redness and swelling on her legs and face, as well as bite marks on her thumb, records state.
Almonte allegedly griped that the victim “has too many boyfriends.”
He was arrested the day of the attack and charged with two counts of assault, unlawful imprisonment, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment and two counts of menacing.
Manhattan
A straphanger was robbed of his $9,000 Rolex while riding the No. 1 train from Harlem to Chelsea, police said.
The 45-year-old victim got into a packed subway car at West 125th Street on May 12 at about 3:45 p.m. and said he felt people jostling and shoving him during the ride, sources added.
He got off the train at 23rd Street and realized his watch was missing while walking up the stairs at the station.
Two thieves walked off with a man’s cellphone in Chelsea after pretending they knew him and saying they wanted to put their numbers in his device, police said.
The two men walked up to a 35-year-old man in front of Artichoke Pizza on West 17th Street on May 11 at about 5 a.m. and greeted him as if they knew him.
After a few minutes of chatting, one of the suspects asked to see the victim’s phone so he could enter his phone number.
The unwitting target handed over his $600 iPhone and the first suspect tapped away before handing the phone to the second suspect.
The second suspect pretended to put the device back into the victim’s pocket, and the pair walked away. The victim soon realized his phone was gone and he had been duped, police said.
A man who tried to avoid arrest for allegedly smashing his car and leaving the scene faced double trouble for allegedly making up a story about his car being stolen Hell’s Kitchen, according to law-enforcement sources.
David Rosenthal, 50, told cops his vehicle was stolen from Eighth Avenue, near West 34th Street, after midnight on May 12 and he claimed he found it on his own within a few hours, sources said.
When investigators examined the car, on Eighth Avenue and West 25th Street, where it was supposedly abandoned by thieves, they found significant front-end damage, sources added.
Further investigation led cops to believe Rosenthal had cooked up the story and then he allegedly admitted it, sources said.
Rosenthal was charged with filing a false report and leaving the scene of an accident.
Cops are looking for a fashion-forward thief who made off with a Chanel tote from a Chelsea shop.
The suspect walked into Fisch for the Hip on Seventh Avenue, near West 16th Street, on May 10 at about 2:30 p.m., plucked a black, $4,000 bag from the store and walked out.
The male suspect is believed to be about 30 years old, 230 pounds and 6-feet tall.
A woman who was trying to keep her Chelsea block clean by approaching strangers and encouraging better behavior may think twice about doing that again.
The 25-year-old resident was on Ninth Avenue, near West 26th Street, on May 11 at about 2:15 p.m. and spotted a dog-walker leaving a mess on the sidewalk.
When the concerned resident asked the offender to scoop up the poop, the dog-walker barked, “What did you say, you blond bitch? I’ll cut your throat.”
The community-minded victim filed a complaint but the surly dog-walker has not been tracked down.
Staten Island
A Westerleigh teen stole rare gold coins from his father and sold them for $3,800, authorities said.
Mark Kennish, 18, opened his dad’s safe in their home, took three gold coins and sold them on March 13, April 7 and April 29, at Richmond County Rare Coins, a Criminal Court complaint states.
When confronted, Kennish allegedly admitted, “I turned the dial of the safe and it just opened, and I took the coins one by one.”
He was charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property and petit larceny, according to a spokesman for Staten Island DA Dan Donovan.