Manhattan
A good Samaritan caught a coffee-shop robber in Chelsea, sources said.
Brian Smith, 45, of Brooklyn, sidled up to a customer at the counter of Le Pain Quotidien on Ninth Avenue, near West 15th Street, on July 22 at about 9:35 a.m., the sources said.
When the customer paid for a cup of coffee and put cash on the counter, Smith allegedly snatched the money and ran, the sources said.
A witness chased down Smith and held him until cops arrived and arrested him on petit larceny charges, court records state.
A $6,000 painting disappeared from a Chelsea frame shop after the store owner had packed it up for delivery, sources said.
The owner of the Westside Frame Shop on Eighth Avenue, near West 18th Street, had wrapped the painting titled “Gold Dusk” on July 24 at about 6:30 p.m. and it was gone when he went to retrieve two days later at about 11:30 a.m., the sources said.
Three thieves went on a thousand-dollar panty raid at Victoria’s Secret in Soho, sources said.
They entered the lingerie shop Sunday at about 6 p.m. and snatched $1,150 worth of underwear.
Descriptions of the suspects were not immediately available.
A robber took $2,267 worth of designer duds from True Religion in the Financial District, sources said.
The 25-year-old thief, who is about 6-feet tall and 200 pounds, was carrying a yellow briefcase when he walked into the shop Sunday at about 2:20 p.m., the sources added.
He grabbed jeans, a hat and shirts before fleeing, the sources said.
A thief hungry for chicken, bacon and beef purloined several cases of meat from a van parked in front of a Soho restaurant better known for its seafood, sources said.
The thief removed a padlock from the delivery truck on Mercer Street Sunday at about 10:45 p.m. and took tenderloin, chicken breast, top round and bacon, the sources added.
The heist occurred in front of Lure Fishbar, a yacht-themed eatery known for its lobster, oysters and tuna tartare.
A Hamilton Heights man was shot dead execution-style on his block, cops said.
Daryl Washington, 27, was shot in the head after an apparent dispute on West 144th Street and Amsterdam Avenue Tuesday at about 10:50 p.m., police said.
Police responded to a 911 call and discovered Washington on the sidewalk near his building with a bullet wound to his head.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the fatal dispute.
Brooklyn
A woman was battered by two brutes during a robbery in Midwood, cops said.
The thugs were caught on surveillance video grinning and laughing as they trailed the 18-year-old woman into her apartment building in the vicinity of Avenue M and Ocean Avenue Sunday at about 9:40 p.m.
The attackers cornered the victim in the elevator, where one of the thugs grabbed her and dragged her back into the hallway, video shows.
The robbers tried to pry the young woman’s handbag loose, police said.
The victim attempted to twist away from them but fell to the floor, where she continued kicking her feet to fight them off, video shows.
The muggers kicked and punched the woman before finally grabbing her purse, and fleeing, the footage shows.
The thieves threw the victim’s purse in the bushes but made off with $850 worth of her belongings, including her iPhone and wallet, cops said.
The woman suffered a broken nose, a bruised forehead and bruising to the arms, officials said.
She was taken to a nearby hospital.
One thug is believed to be in his early 20s and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt.
The other is believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, about 250 pounds and was last seen wearing an orange T-shirt and beige shorts.
The Bronx
A startled woman awoke to find a sleeping burglar crashed out on her couch in Claremont, authorities said.
Steven Ramirez Lugo, 22, was sprawled out and snoozing on the sofa of the second-floor apartment when the 19-year-old tenant found him and called cops, court records state.
Her air conditioner had been pushed in and broken and it appeared Lugo had crawled through the window from the fire escape and found a comfy place to rest his head, court documents state.
He was charged with burglary, trespass and criminal mischief.