DCPI – The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying two individuals wanted for three robberies which took place in the confines of the 90 Pct. 1. April 29, 2011 at approx 0140 hours inside of 255 McKibbin Street suspect #1 entered the location armed with a handgun demanded property from the victim a M/W/33 and fled the location with a laptop and cell phone 2. May 16, 2011 at approx 1955 hours inside of 255 McKibbin Street suspects #1 and #2 entered the location armed with a handgun demanded property from the victim a M/W/21 and fled with a cell phone, ipod and electronics 3. May 19, 2011 at approx 0040 hours inside of 255 McKibbin Street suspect #1 entered the location armed with a handgun demanded property from a M/21, F/21 and F,21 and fled the location with laptop computers and cell phones Suspect #1 is described as M/B/20’s approx 5’8 Suspect #2 is described as M/B/20’s approx 6’2 Incident #1 Suspect #1 is wearing black pants, a black shirt with the #3 on the back and a black and white hat Incident #2 Suspect #1 is wearing black pants, red shirt and a Montreal Expo hat. Suspect #2 is wearing dark clothing and a black doo rag Incident #3 Suspect #1 is wearing black pants, orange sweatshirt and blue hat. (
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Staten Island
A woman was busted after she went on a shopping spree with credit info she stole from her employer, authorities said.
Lisa Legere, 30, somehow obtained the credit-card info of the owner of the New Brighton construction company where she worked, said a police source.
She used the credit lines to pay for cellphone service, clothing, books and electronics between November and April, totaling $23,886, authorities said.
Investigators on Wednesday finally caught up with Legere, who was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
Manhattan
A thief was busted after he cashed $17,000 in bad checks stolen from a Midtown office.
Luis Diaz, 36, allegedly stole the checks from a business office on Madison Avenue near 34th Street, illegally cashing them between May 2 and May 4, said law-enforcement sources.
Investigators were able to trace the money trail to Diaz, cops said, and he was arrested Wednesday.
Brooklyn
Police are hunting the Downtown Brooklyn bank robber pictured here (top photo).
The suspect marched into the Chase branch on Court Street near Schermerhorn Street at 11:30 a.m. on May 25, slipped a teller a demand note and fled with an undisclosed sum of cash, police said.
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Cops are hunting the armed bandits pictured here (bottom photo) who committed three recent stick-ups in one Bushwick building.
At 1:30 a.m. on April 29 they robbed a 33-year-old man of his laptop and cellphone in the building on McKibbin Street near Seigel Street said cops.
The robbers struck again on May 16 when they robbed a 21-year-old man of his iPod and cellphone in the building, said cops.
On May 19 they robbed a 21-year-old man and his two 21-year-old female companions of their laptops and cellphones at gunpoint, said cops.
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A home-health attendant apparently took Zipcar’s motto, “Wheels when you want them,” too far.
Anthony Carter, 23, of Brooklyn, is cooling his heels in jail after he hijacked his elderly client’s credit-card info to rent Zipcars and go on shopping sprees, law-enforcement sources said.
He was employed by an 82-year-old woman in her Manhattan apartment at 180 West End Ave. from April 22 to May 23, court records show.
During his employment, Carter took down numbers and other information from the woman’s Chase and American Express cards, and with the info illegally made online purchases at Best Buy, sources said.
He also allegedly used the info to rent Zipcars to travel to various retailers.
All told, Carter rang up 25 charges for more than $4,500 before the victim spotted the scam.
Carter was indicted Tuesday after his May 25 arrest.
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Cops yesterday arrested an 18-year-old man for fatally shooting a 14-year-old youth in Crown Heights, authorities said.
Dequan Edwards was charged with murder and weapons possessions after witnesses fingered him in Wednesday’s slaying of Tyrek O’Hara-Morris in front of a bodega on Park Place near Troy Avenue.
Bronx
Not so fast, buddy!
A thief didn’t get very far after he robbed a man of jewelry in Morris Heights.
Johnny Reyes, 20, approached the victim at West Tremont Avenue and West 177th Street at 6 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.
“Empty all your pockets and give me everything you have,” Reyes snarled, according to court papers.
The victim tried to flee, but Reyes grabbed him by his backpack and threatened, “I have a gun, give me everything you have,” the court papers state.
The crook grabbed the man’s gold neck chain and grabbed $40 from his wallet, authorities said.
Police nabbed Reyes nearby.
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A coldhearted thug was busted for beating and robbing his ex-girlfriend in Crotona Park, authorities said.
Andrew Mackey, 48, allegedly snatched $1,000, a driver’s license and a Social Security card from the victim in a residence on Crotona Park East near Wilkins Avenue at 12:01 a.m. on April 29, and struck her when she tried to stop him, according to court papers.
“Get the f–k out. You think you’re on top of the world,” he yelled, according to court papers.
Police arrested him on Sunday.