Manhattan
The woman is wanted for stealing cash and property from the purses of distracted shoppers in Harlem, authorities said.
She first approached a woman at a shopping center on 125th Street near Eighth Avenue at around 4:40 p.m. Jan. 9 and removed $113 in cash from the victim’s purse when the shopper wasn’t paying attention, cops said.
Minutes later, the thief targeted a 37-year-old woman, removing credit cards and $830 in cash from her bag, cops said.
The pickpocket is described as 5-foot-8 and approximately 170 pounds, and has long black hair that is shaved on the left side of her head, cops said. She was last seen wearing a black jacket.
A Turtle Bay resident awoke to find a stocky thief lurking in his apartment, authorities said.
The 24-year-old victim was asleep in his apartment at 53rd Street and Third Avenue at 7:45 a.m. Feb. 6 when he was awakened by a noise in another room.
When he confronted the burglar, the thief
warned him that he had a knife and “just needed some money,” according to police.
The victim gave the intruder $26 in cash, and the man fled.
The crook is described as 5 feet tall and approximately 170 pounds, and has a teardrop tattoo under his left eye.
The Bronx
Police have arrested a young man who gunned down another teen in Tremont, authorities said.
Jesswill Perez, 18, was arrested Saturday for shooting Edward Molina, 18, after the two argued on East Tremont Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20, cops said.
Molina was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital after being struck once in the torso, and was later pronounced dead.
Perez has been charged with murder, manslaughter, and possession of a loaded firearm, cops said.
This man is wanted for robbing a livery cabdriver in Soundview, authorities said.
The thug flagged the driver down at Metropolitan Avenue and Hugh Grant Circle at around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6 and asked to be taken to Castle Hill and Randall avenues, cops said.
When the hack arrived at the destination, the thief simulated a handgun inside his jacket pocket and ordered the victim to hand over cash, authorities said.
The driver complied, and the man fled with $28.
The thief is believed to be in his 40s and around 5-foot-10. He has a goatee and was dressed all in black.
Police have arrested the teen gunman who murdered a man in Highbridge earlier this month, authorities said.
Jarelle Johnson, 16, opened fire during a dispute at the Highbridge Houses on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard at around 2:30 a.m. Feb. 3, striking Marquis Brewer, 20, several times in the torso, cops said.
Brewer was rushed to Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Johnson was arrested Sunday and charged with murder and manslaughter, cops said.
Queens
A band of armed robbers is wanted for terrorizing stores throughout Queens, authorities said.
The crew first struck when two of its members walked into the Mejia Deli on Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans at around 5 p.m. Jan. 29 and, at gunpoint, ordered the clerk to lie on the floor, cops said.
One of the thieves then went behind the counter and removed money from the register.
Three days later, a trio of men from the ring entered Alex’s Beauty Salon on Hempstead Avenue in Queens Village at around 7:30 p.m. and stole cash, cellphones and beauty supplies, cops said.
Two of the thieves then robbed the Farmer’s Deli and Grocery at around 10:30 p.m. the next day, again holding the clerk at gunpoint and stealing cash from the register.
Three men burglarized the garage of a private home in Richmond Hill, authorities said.
The thieves broke the lock on the garage door at around 3 a.m. Jan. 22 and were caught on surveillance video rifling through the shelves and removing several cases filled with drills and electric saws, cops said.