The man pictured above is being sought in connection with the mugging of a teenager in Morrisania, police said.
Brooklyn
The man in this picture is being sought for questioning in connection with the burglary of a Verizon van in Fort Greene, police said.
He allegedly picked the van’s lock on Park Avenue near North Oxford Street at about midnight May 28 and stole a laptop.
He looks to be in his 30s and was last seen wearing a Brooklyn Net cap and a black jacket, cops said.
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A dispute outside an East New York bodega ended with a 26-year-old man shot to death, police said.
Some men confronted the victim as he left the store at New Lots Avenue and Elton Street at about 9 p.m. Sunday, cops said.
Words were exchanged, and when he tried to walk away, someone shot him in the back of the head and shoulder, authorities said.
Investigators said they were reviewing surveillance-video footage from the bodega.
The Bronx
One of six men who robbed a woman in Morris Heights by putting a gun to her forehead is in custody, police said.
Johan Batista, 22, was part of the wolf pack that surrounded the helpless woman, shoving her against a fence on West 175th Street at about 10 p.m. Feb. 1 and terrorizing her with the pistol as one snarled, “Gimme everything you got, or I’m gonna shoot you,” according to a Criminal Court complaint.
They then threw her down on the sidewalk, and Batista hit her in the head while someone removed her jacket, the complaint states.
Batista then took her iPhone out of her pants pocket, the court document says.
Charged with burglary and assault, Batista is being held in lieu of $500 bail, according to a court database, while the search for his alleged accomplices is ongoing.
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The man pictured is being sought in connection with the mugging of a teenager in Morrisania, police said.
He allegedly jumped the 16-year-old boy at Third Avenue and East 167th Street at 9 p.m. May 18, punching him in the face several times and taking his backpack, which contained his wallet and iPhone, authorities said.
The suspect was last seen wearing a denim jacket and a Yankee cap, investigators said.
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A car sale gone violently wrong led to one man being hospitalized with a concussion and lacerations to the head and another being led away in handcuffs, authorities said.
Frank Buto, 29, was trying to sell a Honda Civic, but the deal fell through, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
When the buyer had a change of heart, he demanded that Buto return his $1,200, but Buto and three pals instead attacked the man in Westchester Square at 3:21 a.m. April 13, the complaint says.
Buto allegedly yelled, “I’m not gonna give you your money back!” as the man was kicked and punched into unconsciousness.
Buto has since been arrested and charged with robbery and assault, and his alleged accomplices are being sought, the court papers say.
Staten Island
Three men are in custody after someone called police to report that a neighbor’s mobile trailer in Bulls Head was being robbed, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
Eric Perez, 27, Shaayquan Scott, 20, and Hasim Smith, 20, allegedly busted the trailer’s lock and began loading five ATVs from inside it into a U-Haul truck parked in front of the victim’s Lamberts Lane home, the complaint states.
Scott and Smith allegedly drove away in the U-Haul, and Perez followed in a Saab station wagon.
But police soon caught up with them and hauled them in on charges that included burglary, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, according to the court papers.
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Police have arrested a man and a teen who allegedly helped rob a man at gunpoint on a New Brighton street corner, authorities said.
When Brandon Patterson, 17, Nathaniel Winfield, 24, and an accomplice surrounded the victim at Jersey and Carlyle streets at about 6:30 a.m. June 2, the accomplice flashed a gun, muttered, “Gimme everything you got!” and warned, “Don’t look at me,” according to a Criminal Court complaint.
The victim quickly placed his iPad, iPhone, headphones and sunglasses on the ground as Patterson rifled through his pockets while Winfield acted as lookout, the complaint states.
Patterson and Winfield were both charged with robbery. The accomplice was still at large last night.