The Bronx
A 64-year-old woman, described by a neighbor as “quiet and gentle,” was beaten to death with a hammer in her Norwood apartment.
Police showed up at Magda Dagostino’s building on Perry Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday for a wellness check and found her in her bedroom with severe physical trauma.
“Someone from Florida was trying to contact her all day and they asked a neighbor to check,” said building super Andres Perez.
“She was a good woman,” he added.
A hammer was found in the same room as the body and is believed to be the murder weapon, police sources said.
There was no sign of forced entry, and Dagostino did not appear to have been robbed.
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A gun-toting thief robbed a man of his cellphone in Bedford Park, authorities said.
According to a Criminal Court complaint, Sean Pessoa, 25, was brandishing a silver handgun when he approached the victim at Clafin and Reservoir avenues on May 28 at 2 a.m.
“Give me all your stuff,” Pessoa allegedly snarled while pressing the gun barrel against the man’s chest.
The victim, holding a Galaxy S3 smartphone, hesitated and the assailant threatened, “Times is hard, I’m not playing around, give me your stuff. I’ll shoot you.”
With the gun still at his chest, the victim forked over the phone, $2 in cash and a lighter, the complaint said.
Cops arrested Pessoa on June 19 on charges of robbery, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon.
He was being held in lieu of $15,000 bond or $10,000 bail, according the Correction Department.
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A pickpocket threatened to knife his victim in Fordham Heights, authorities said.
As Kindall Lipscomb, 54, reached into the man’s back pocket at about 3 a.m. on June 14 on Fordham Road, the victim took off running in a bid to elude the theft, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
Lipscomb chased after the man, pointed a black knife at his chest and said, “I don’t care. I’ll cut you in front of the police.”
The thief made off with $30 but cops soon made the collar, records indicate.
Lipscomb was charged with robbery, assault and harassment.
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A man was shot to death during a push-in robbery in Foxhurst, authorities said.
Johnson Sanchez, 23, was in his apartment on Hoe Avenue near Aldus Street Tuesday at 10:45 p.m. when the unknown gunman forced his way in, cops said.
The perpetrator demanded cash and then shot the victim in the head, cops said.
Sanchez was rushed to Lincoln Hospital, where he died, police said.
The victim has a prior arrest for drugs, as well as other arrests whose records been sealed, police sources said.
Staten Island
A man driving with a blood-alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit was busted in New Dorp, authorities said.
Cops spotted Daniel Palmieri, 29, his headlights off, swerving down Richmond Road near Altamont Street at 4:10 a.m. Monday, law-enforcement sources said.
They pulled him over and reported that he was reeking of booze. After he flunked a Breathalyzer test, he was booked for DWI, said a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan.
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A robber was collared for committing a mugging in Elm Park, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
Ismael Bonano, 25, approached the victim at about 3:10 p.m. last Friday at Port Richmond and Harrison avenues, grabbed him by the neck and held a sharp object against his throat, the complaint alleges.
“Drop the phone or I’ll cut your throat,” Bonano said, according to the complaint.
The victim dropped his pricey smartphone and the thief snatched it up, the complaint shows.
Police caught Bonano a short time later near Sharpe Avenue, where he allegedly struggled with police — knocking one officer to the ground — while they were trying to cuff him, the complaint states.
Bonano was charged with robbery, assault and resisting arrest.
Manhattan
Police are looking for the break-in robber pictured who burglarized a Tribeca bodega, authorities said.
He broke into All Good Things on Franklin Street at about 10 p.m. on June 19 after the store had closed for the night, cops said.
The suspect was caught on surveillance video prying open the cash register and removing an unknown sum of cash, police said.