The Bronx
Maybe he just needed a good night’s sleep. Cops released surveillance video of a cranky pillow thief who assaulted a worker and fled a University Heights store with his plush booty on Feb. 5. He was seen on camera at about 5:45 p.m. holding the pillows at Four Brothers Discount at Grand Concourse and East 181st Street, where he struck a worker who had confronted him, cops said. He was last seen wearing dark blue jeans, a brown winter hat and white sneakers.
Brooklyn
A mustachioed burglar swiped two diamond rings from an apartment in Greenpoint, cops said. The prowler slipped into the Union Avenue pad at about 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 through a kitchen window. He scanned the apartment with a flashlight, grabbed a pair of diamond-studded gold rings, hopped back through the window and descended the fire escape, according to police. The suspect stands about 5-foot-8 and has a medium build.
Queens
Brazen thieves ransacked a Radio Shack store in Howard Beach, authorities said. The suspects, a man and woman, walked into the store on Feb. 18 at about 6 p.m. and fled with merchandise in a bag, according to police. Cops say the woman distracted a store worker while her accomplice filled a bag with items. They were seen on surveillance video from the store. The woman has long hair and wore a brown jacket while the man was wearing a black ski mask.
Two men beat and robbed a straphanger at a Richmond Hill station, authorities said. After getting off a Manhattan-bound E train at the Jamaica/Van Wyck station at about 10:55 p.m. on Feb. 28, the hoods jumped the 18-year-old victim on the platform, cops said. The duo roughed up the victim and fled with his iPhone, jacket, wallet and $50, according to police. One of the suspects is believed to be about 19 years old, standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 160 pounds, cops said. His accomplice was described as about 20 years old, standing 5-foot-10 and weighing 130 pounds.