Queens
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Police have identified a suspect in the snatching of eight smartphones right out of users’ hands in Long Island City and Astoria, authorities said.
Cops would like to question Karim Morle (above), 19, in a series of robberies where a thief approached the smartphone user from behind, police said.
The heists began at about 9:25 p.m. on Aug. 1 in a stairwell at the Court Square subway station at 44th Drive and 21st Street.
The crook most recently struck in Astoria at about 3:15 p.m. on Sept. 20 at 35th Avenue and 28th Street, cops said.
Staten Island
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A fleeing bank robber was arrested in Elm Park after she additionally threatened a bank teller and a security guard with a knife, authorities said.
Beth Lyons, 49, entered the TD branch on Forest Avenue near Crystal Avenue just before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and passed a note to a teller, according to court documents.
“Just money, don’t make me hurt you. $100, $50 and $20’s,” the note read.
When the teller hesitated, the impatient robber flashed a knife and began threatening the employee.
“Don’t you understand? Read the note, hurry up. I’m gonna shoot you; you have five seconds,” Lyons said, according to the court papers.
The teller forked over an unknown sum of cash, and the fleeing thief flashed the knife at the security guard, court papers state.
The guard flagged down a cop, who placed a hostile Lyons under arrest, court papers state.
Lyons was charged with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, records state.
Brooklyn
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Quick-thinking detectives caught an armed robber in Cobble Hill, cops reported at a 76th Precinct community-council meeting.
Tyshawn Warren, 27, and Kevin White, 33, allegedly approached a 29-year-old woman at about 4:10 p.m. Monday at a Chase ATM on Smith Street near Warren Street.
They grabbed her arm and pushed a loaded .380-caliber semiautomatic into her ribs, according to law-enforcement sources.
They allegedly instructed her to withdraw cash from her account, but detectives working nearby on a different case intervened and arrested them, community-affairs officers added at the meeting.
Crack cocaine and pot were found allegedly in the suspects’ possession.
Warren was charged with weapons possession, attempted robbery, menacing and criminal possession of a controlled substance, records show.
White was hit with charges of attempted robbery, weapons possession and unlawful possession of marijuana.
The Bronx
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A heavy-handed crook smashed his way into eight cars at a garage in Pelham Bay, law-enforcement sources said.
According to the sources and witnesses, the suspect pictured above broke into an indoor private garage on Barker Avenue near Waring Avenue at about 2:40 a.m. Sunday, and began breaking into vehicles.
He allegedly took multiple items from the cars, sources said.
The suspect was described as in his 50s and sporting a goatee, sources added.