Manhattan
Police believe this is the creep who trailed a woman into her Harlem apartment building and attempted to rape her.
The thug followed the 31-year-old victim at around 10:30 p.m. on March 10 and lingered in the lobby as she checked her mail, authorities said.
The man approached the victim in a hallway, forced his hands into her pocket and snatched her cellphone, cops said.
The plucky woman grabbed her phone back from the thief, who retreated, and she continued up to her apartment.
The persistent perv then spied on the woman from a stairwell as she unlocked her door, running in behind her and attempting to rip off her clothes , police said.
The victim fought back again, screaming until the would-be rapist ran off, officials added.
But the creepy crook managed to take back the woman’s cellphone in the second scuffle, cops said.
The man, about 5-foot-7, was wearing a beige coat over a black hoodie.
The Bronx
A coldhearted thug demanded money from a 65-year-old man in a Norwood subway station, and slugged the senior in the back of the head when he said he couldn’t spare any cash, authorities said Wednesday.
The panhandling punk tried to hit up the straphanger for money ins the 205th Street station on the D line at 5:15 a.m. on July 14, according to police.
When the victim claimed to not have any spare change and turned to walk away, the goon punched him, cops said.
The assailant, believed to be about 40 years younger than his victim, shoved the senior to the ground, threw an unidentified liquid at him and fled, police said.
Queens
A thief gouged two security guards with an icepick when they tried to stop him from swiping clothing from a children’s store in Jamaica, police said Wednesday.
The crook tried to walk off with threads from Cookie’s Kids on Jamaica Avenue near 168th Street just before 6 p.m. Monday, triggering an alarm at the door, according to cops.
A security guard tried to restrain the thug, but he pulled out an icepick and plunged it into the guard’s lip, officials said.
A second security guard ran over to help his bleeding colleague, and the goon stabbed him in the left arm and took off, police added.
Despite the savage attacks, neither victim was seriously injured, authorities said.
The assailant, believed to be in his late 20s, stands between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-9 and weighs about 160 pounds.
He was wearing a camouflage baseball cap, orange glasses, two chains around his neck, and a black T-shirt with the words “Groovin’ in the Park Concert” on the front, said law-enforcement authorities.
Staten Island
A would-be stickup man tried to hold up a deli in Shore Acres but lost his nerve, police said Wednesday.
The robber wannabe walked into the All In One Deli & Grocery on Bay Street near Evelyn Place at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, whipped out a gun and demanded cash, cops said.
Before the clerk could fork over a cent, the cowardly crook got spooked and dashed out of the store, officials said.
The man, believed to be 30 years old, is 5-foot-11 and about 200 pounds.
He was wearing a Yankees cap and a dark coat.
An Oakwood woman stopped for shoplifting from a Macy’s was found to have a knife and cocaine in her possession, a Criminal Court complaint states.
Rosalinda Romalis, 21, snatched $2,451.94 in property from the department store in the Staten Island Mall on Richmond Hill Road at around 10:30 p.m. Monday, the complaint states.
Romalis allegedly took clothing from the racks and stuffed them into a bag, walked past multiple registers and left the store.
When she was stopped by cops, an illegal gravity knife was found in her purse, law-enforcement sources said.
Police also allegedly found cocaine residue in her wallet.
She was charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property, petit larceny, criminal possession of controlled substance, and criminal possession of a weapon.