Manhattan
A thug put a young woman in a chokehold while robbing her in Central P🌱ark, police said. The 24-year-old victim was in the park near West 110th Street and Lenox Avenue at about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday when the man grabbed her around the neck and thre❀w her to the ground, according to cops. The attacker and a female accomplice (pictured above) then stole the woman’s handbag and fled, police added.
The sicko who followed a woman to her Harlem home and sexually assaulted her has been arrested, polic𓆉e said. Andy Sterling, 43, stalked the 36-year-old victim up to her apartment, where he pushed his way in and knocked her to the floor at about 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, cops said. The woman screamed and Sterling yelled at her to shut up, a Criminal Court complaint states. He then placed his hands around her neck and squeezed until the woman could not breathe, court papers state. He then forced the woman to perform a sex act on him and fondle him, the documents state. Sterling, of Morris Avenue in The Bronx, was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal sexual act.
A man 𓂃robbed a pizza deliveryman of $22 in the East Village, police said. The 36-year-old worker had dropped off a pie at an apartment in a building on Avenue D near East Fifth Street at about 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. He was leaving the building when the suspect shoved him, blocked the exit and demanded cash, cops said. The suspect was described as about 25 years old and weighing about 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing camouflage pants, white sneakers and a striped, multicolored jacket.
Brooklyn
What a heel. The suspect pictured above swiped a 15-year-old girl’s unattended purse at a TJ Maxx in Bay Ridge, cops said. The victim was browsing footwear at the store on 86th Street near Fifth Avenue at 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 when she momentarily turned away, said authorities. Polic✨e said the crook swooped in, picked up the purse and fled. The bag contained the teen’s credit card, $40 in cash and assorted personal items. The suspect has long black hair a🐼nd was last seen wearing a dark sweater over a baby blue shirt.
A man was fighting for his life after being shot in the head on a Crown Heights street, cops said. The 56-year-old victim was at Pacific Street and Troy Avenue at about 2:40 a.m. Wednesday when an unknown gunman fired one bullet into his head and another into his midsection, cops said. The victim was rushed to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital and remains in critical condition, authorities said. The motive was not clear ꦺand no suspect description has be♏en released.
A crook struck twice in Borough Park, swiping tens of thousands of dollars in jewelry in under an hour, cops sai🍬d. Video surveillance first released by jpudates.com shows the man climbing head-first into a home through an unlocked window at 11th Avenue and 56th Street early Thursday, police said. He then burglarized a home on 11th Avenue, near 51st Street, climbing in through an unlocked window after climbing a fire escape to the sixth floor, cops said. The thief got away with about $10,000 worth of jewelry in the first heist and about $18,000 in the second, police said.
The Bronx
Police are looking for a suspect who shot a young man in Melrose. The gunman opened fire during an argument on East 166th Street near Clay Avenue at about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. The 26-year-old victim took a bullet to the leg and was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable conditiꩵon. The gunman was last seen wearing white sneakers, a dark-colored baseball cap and jeans.