Manhattan
An 81-year-old man tried to fight off these two vicious thugs in an Upper East Side push-in robbery, cops said yesterday.
Dino Stefani was leaving his 18th-floor apartment at First Avenue and 86th Street at 12:35 p.m. last Thursday when the two rushed him and forced him back inside, police said.
Stefani struggled and one of the robbers grabbed his arm so hard he needed 16 stitches to close cuts made by his attacker’s nails, according to cops and family members.
The thieves eventually made off with $500 and are at large, police said.
“I’m just concerned about my father. It was very traumatic for him. ” said Stefani’s daughter, Carol Rizzi.
“He’s in good spirits now that it’s over. He’ll be a lot more careful coming in and out. He’ll watch his back.”
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Three thugs were arrested for beating a stranger in an apparently unprovoked attack on an East Village street, authorities said yesterday.
Ronald Sudol, 20, of the Lower East Side, Rochelle Trivett, 20, of Oregon, and Craig Krieger, 20, of New Hyde Park, L.I., attacked Robert Boyce, 22, on East 10th Street at 4:08 p.m. Sunday, sources said.
The trio allegedly jumped, punched and kicked Boyce and knocked him to the ground.
They continued to kick him as he lay on the ground, fracturing an eye socket, investigators said.
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Two crooks were captured after they went on an Upper East Side spending spree using counterfeit credit cards, authorities said yesterday.
Louis Sanders, 33, and Michael Thompson, 49, were busted last Friday on charges of grand larceny and possession of stolen property after they drove around targeting retail stores, the DA’s Office said.
The circumstances of the actual arrest were not immediately made available.
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A credit-card thief was grabbed by police after he was caught lurking inside a posh East Side hotel, authorities said yesterday.
Soifoine Ibrahim, 50, was trespassing on the second floor of the W Hotel on Lexington Avenue near East 49th Street at 10 a.m. last Friday, the DA’s Office.
A hotel employee who had past run-ins with the suspect spotted him and called police, sources said.
Cops approached Ibrahim and found stolen items in his possession, including credit and debit cards, a wallet and a cellphone, investigators said.
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A pervert was arrested for molesting a 6-year-old girl in a Harlem playground, authorities said yesterday.
Sumith Chetan, 24, touched the victim’s buttocks as she sat down in the Carmen Seville Playground at West 151st Street and Amsterdam Avenue at 10:30 a.m. last Thursday, the DA’s Office said.
Authorities were alerted by the victim’s 7-year-old brother, who had witnessed the alleged crime.
Chetan, who lives in a homeless shelter, was arrested the next day.
Two teens were stabbed after an argument got out of hand at a Brighton Beach pool hall, police sources said.
The unidentified victims were in the hall near Brighton 12th Street and Ocean View Avenue at 9 p.m. yesterday when another teen, believed to be 15 or 16, knifed them.
They were treated at Lutheran Hospital.
Brooklyn
A woman assaulted a McDonald’s manager after she was charged for hazelnut syrup that she wanted added to her coffee, authorities said yesterday.
Natasha Blake, 27, allegedly became irate with the 44-year-old manager over the additional charge at the fast-food outlet on Neptune Avenue and West 6th Street in Coney Island at 6:45 a.m. Monday.
Blake yelled and cursed at the female manager, then pelted her in the face with coins, inflicting a cut under an eye, sources said.
Blake was arrested after a brief struggle, cops said.
At the 60th Precinct station house, police said they found an envelope of marijuana in Blake’s pocket, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.
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A thug threatened to shoot a livery driver after swiping his radio-call microphone in Bedford-Stuyvesant, authorities said yesterday.
The incident began at 1:05 a.m. Monday when the driver agreed to chauffeur Leonard Thomas, 31, from a bar to Decatur Street and Stuyvesant Avenue.
During the ride, Thomas allegedly became belligerent because he was unhappy with the route the driver had taken.
When they arrived at the destination, Thomas got out while the driver talked with his dispatcher via radio, cops said.
Suddenly Thomas reached in, swiped the microphone and threatened the victim.
The dispatcher heard the commotion and notified police.
Staten Island
A woman trashed the Arden Heights office of her former employer after being fired, authorities said yesterday.
Johanna Pecci, 42, went to the CSIC Brokerage Company at 11:45 a.m. on July 5, sources said.
She allegedly pulled phone lines from the wall, threw phones to the ground and kicked over a computer.
Police tracked her down Monday, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
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Police grabbed a gun-wielding maniac who assaulted three people in a random attack on an Arrochar street, authorities said yesterday.
Xavier Campbell, 25, accosted a 34-year-old woman walking her dog, her niece and an unidentified man on Father Capodanno Boulevard at Robin Road at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, sources said.