The Bronx
Cops are looking for two robbers who roughed up an 18-year-old man in a Concourse Village grocery store and left him shoeless on a frigid night. The suspects followed the victim into the store on Gerard Avenue near East 165th Street last Friday at about 10:15 p.m. and punched him several times in the face, cops said. In addition to stealing the teen’s sneakers, they took $45 and his jacket before fleeing. Investigators recovered surveillance video from the store that captured part of the attack. Both crooks are believed to be in their late teens or early 20s and about 6-feet tall.
A man acting erratically at the Yankee Stadium subway station was arrested after cops discovered a loaded gun in his backpack, according to police. Officers were called last Thursday about 3 p.m. following complaints about William Coates, 51, of Manhattan, inside the 161st Street station. Coates became disorderly, prompting Officer Frank Rivera to search the suspect, police said. The transit cop recovered a loaded Sig Sauer semiautomatic handgun and arrested Coates, police said. The firearm contained 5 bullets, including one round inside the chamber, police said. Coates, whose arrest record dates to a 1992 robbery, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
Three passengers robbed a livery driver in Mount Hope, police said. The suspects, two men and a woman, hailed the car at 2 a.m. on Feb. 7 in front of 1815 Grand Concourse. From the backseat, the trio pushed and punched the 21-year-old driver before grabbing some of his property. They made off with the victim’s cellphone, wallet and $70, cops said. The driver was not seriously injured and refused medical attention. The suspects remain at large.
Manhattan
A man stabbed his 28-year-old Harlem roommate after losing a card game, police said. The stabber plunged a large kitchen knife into the victim’s side, puncturing his right lung, in an apartment at 2718 Eighth Ave. Sunday at about 3 a.m., police sources said. The victim was taken to Harlem Hospital and was expected to survive. No arrest had been made as of Monday.
A 34-year-old man plunged out a fifth-floor window in Washington Heights following a night of drinking, cops said. The man, whose name wasn’t released, plummeted from a window at 350 Audubon Ave. and landed on an adjoining terrace Sunday at about 5 p.m., police sources said. He was taken to Harlem Hospital in critical condition. The victim was depressed about breaking up with his boyfriend, police sources said.
An Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint in Washington Heights, police sources said. The 45-year-old driver picked up three passengers on 146th Street near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard Sunday at about 1 a.m. and started to drive the men to their requested destination about 10 blocks away. During the trip, one of the thugs pulled out a gun and stole the driver’s cellphone while another struck him in the back of the head with an unknown object, sources said. The driver was not seriously injured. There was no surveillance camera in the vehicle.
Queens
Police are looking for this suspect (above) wanted for stealing a woman’s wallet at a Flushing subway station. The 37-year-old victim was leaving the Main Street station near Roosevelt Avenue when the female thief approached, dipped her hand into the woman’s bag and lifted her wallet on Jan. 30 at about 5:30 p.m., police said. The suspect was last seen wearing a plaid scarf over a black hat.
Brooklyn
A man stole a woman’s unattended purse at a Williamsburg supermarket, authorities said. The victim was shopping at the market on Broadway near Kent Avenue when she placed her handbag on a counter at about 5 p.m. on Feb. 2. When the woman turned her attention away from the bag, the thief crept up and walked off with it, cops said. The suspect is believed to be in his 30s or 40s and has a thin mustache and beard. He was last seen wearing a blue knit hat and dark jacket.