Manhattan
Police are looking for a man who was spotted masturbating on the subway in Midtown. The pervert began to fondle himself in view of other No. 1 train passengers on Sept. 10 at about 10:20 p.m., cops said. A 34-year-old female straphanger who noticed the creep was able to snap a photo of him and give it to authorities. The suspect is described as 5-foot-9 and 200 pounds and was last seen wearing a blue V-neck T-shirt.
Queens
A 19-year-old cyclist was injured early Monday when a truck struck him in Corona, cops said. The victim was pedaling eastbound in a marked bike lane along 34th Avenue at about 1:15 a.m. when he was hit, according to police. The truck driver was attempting to make a right turn onto 105th Street and plowed into him, cops said. The biker suffered a serious leg injury and was taken to Elmhurst Hospital. The driver, who works for a private truck company, remained at the scene. Police are investigating to determine if any criminal charges will be filed.
The Bronx
A man was busted Monday in an Edenwald armed robbery. Hiberto Leal, 24, pulled out a pistol at Baychester Auto and Tire Shop on East 233rd Street and Baychester Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. Saturday, and demanded in Spanish that an employee hand over cash, cops said. Leal then struck a 60-year-old clerk in the face and fled with $380, according to police. Leal has prior arrests for criminal possession of marijuana and criminal use of drug paraphernalia, cops said.
A 2-month-old girl died Monday after her mother found her unconscious in her crib in Morrisania, police said. Little Scarlett Santos was rushed to Lincoln Hospital after her mom went in to check on her at their Melrose Avenue home at about 7:30 a.m., cops said. The baby’s body did not have any immediate signs of trauma, and she did not have any known medical issues, cops said. Police said they are questioning the parents. A source told The Post that the infant’s father was involved in a previous incident in which one of her siblings was abused at the family’s home.
Brooklyn
A 28-year-old woman was shot during an attempted robbery in East Flatbush, according to law-enforcement sources. Ginelle Paul was walking along East 28th Street near Foster Avenue at about 1 a.m. Sunday when she was approached by a gunman who demanded her purse, sources said. “Give me your bag!” the thug said before shooting her in the ankle. The shooter fled empty-handed. The victim called a friend after she was shot, and the pal dropped her off at Kings County Hospital, where she was in stable condition.
A man was arrested Monday in the fatal shooting of another man seated in a parked car in Gravesend, police said. Clarence Bryant, 32, was behind the wheel of the vehicle on 86th Street near West 9th Street on Sept. 12 at about 5:30 a.m. when Dayshawn James, 23, sneaked up on him and fired several bullets into the car, according to police. A friend of Bryant’s rushed the wounded man to Coney Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said. James was busted Monday and charged with murder and possession of a weapon, cops said.
A 70-year-old man was found dead Monday in his Brownsville apartment, authorities said. Police discovered the victim, who had head trauma, on the bathroom floor of his Dumont Avenue home at about 11 a.m. Cops said it’s unknown if the man’s death is the result of foul play.
Staten Island
A man died in a two-alarm fire early Monday in Dongan Hills, authorities said. Firefighters rushed to the blaze at 20 Rosebank Place near Hylan Boulevard at about 2:35 a.m., law-enforcement authorities said. Residents on the first floor were able to escape, but a 54-year-old man who lived alone on the second floor didn’t make it out, according to police. He was rushed to Staten Island University North Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said. The man’s identity is being withheld pending family notification, according to authorities. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.