Staten Island
An ex-con once accused of killing a teen for a bag of coins was busted for burglarizing a Mariners Harbor home ravaged by fire, authorities said.
Ehab Armanios, 37, broke into the boarded-up home on Lockman Avenue near Richmond Terrace at 11 a.m. Jan. 13, according to court papers.
He allegedly stole electronics and jewelry, including the homeowner’s engraved high-school graduation ring, and then hocked the goods at a local pawn shop.
He was arrested Monday and charged with burglary, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
Armanios spent three years in jail after pleading guilty to conspiracy for his role in the fatal November 2000 shooting of a 15-year-old Port Richmond HS sophomore carrying home $100 in rolled coins from his family’s cigarette business.
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A former NYPD civilian employee has been arrested for attacking her ex-boyfriend for the fifth time in two months, authorities said.
Christine Mingo, 32, allegedly went to her 54-year-old former flame’s New Dorp residence on Bryant Avenue at 11:30 p.m. Sunday under the guise of trying to talk things over.
Instead, Mingo — barred from seeing the victim due to an order of protection — repeatedly punched the man in the face, court papers say.
Mingo was nabbed the next day at her home and charged with assault, harassment and criminal contempt.
Mingo worked for the NYPD as a dispatcher until she was “dismissed” on Jan. 24. She has been busted four previous times since November for similar attacks, court records show.
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Cops have apprehended a second ex-con wanted for kidnapping and beating a deadbeat client in a New Brighton drug den, authorities said.
Prosecutors say Artie Leo Sexton, 53, along with Ozan Williams, 31, abducted the woman Nov. 19, stripped her and tied her up in a Westervelt Avenue flophouse.
The duo allegedly forced the woman to shoplift in order to repay her debt. Instead, she escaped after the suspects dropped her off at the Staten Island Mall.
Sexton, who served time for manslaughter and robbery, was arrested Friday. Williams had been nabbed Jan. 19.
Bronx
A raging man terrorized his child’s mom in the woman’s Hunts Point home, authorities said.
Juan Valle, 45, angrily pounded on the door of the residence on Kelly Street near 163rd Street at 4:45 a.m. Sunday.
“I’m going to kill you,” Valle snapped when responding police arrested him, a criminal complaint said. He was charged with harassment.
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A boozed-up motorist guzzled down 10 Heinekens before crashing his van in Parkchester, authorities said.
Cops stopped Antonio Cruz, 65, as he drove a Chrysler minivan on Taylor Avenue near Westchester Avenue at 2 p.m. Sunday, according to a criminal complaint.
“I started drinking at 7 p.m. last night until 2:30 this morning,” he confessed to police, according to court papers.
Cruz was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Brooklyn
A punk swiped a mentally disabled man’s pricey electronic gear in Brownsville, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
On Aug. 11, between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m., Hassan Golson, 19, who knows the 20-year-old victim, went to the man’s apartment on Osborne Street near Newport Street under the ruse he was there to play video games, according to the sources.
When the victim left the room to get Golson a drink, the suspect allegedly snatched his laptop and Nintendo Wii gaming system and fled.
Cops canvassing the neighborhood on Monday nabbed Golson, the sources added.
He was charged with burglary, criminal trespassing and criminal possession of stolen property.
Manhattan
A crook was caught on tape depositing a forged check on the Upper East Side, authorities said.
Christian Ceballos, 23, first swiped two checks worth $4,000 after slipping into Run Holdings LLC on Seventh Avenue near West 39th Street at 4 a.m. Aug. 17, according a criminal complaint.
He was later spotted on video surveillance strolling into the Chase branch on Third Avenue at East 90th Street and cashing one of the checks.
Ceballos was arrested Monday and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of a forged instrument.