Bronx
*That’s some serious heat!
This bandit (pictured) used a super-sized pistol to beat down a middle-aged man before robbing him in a Fordham building.
The robber, wearing a blue Yankee cap, jacket and blue jeans, accosted the 50-year-old man in the building on Creston Avenue near East 188th Street at about 9 p.m. Saturday.
The thief beat the victim with the gun, swiped unspecified property and fled.
Brooklyn
*A man hit a stranger with a stone and slammed his head against a pay phone in Midwood, authorities said.
Edward Metellus, 22, accused the victim of doing something to his girlfriend’s car on East 19th Street near Avenue M at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, cops said.
Metellus then threw the rock at the man, hitting him in the face, sources said.
When the man went to call 911, Metellus allegedly bashed his head against a pay phone, causing injuries that required stitches.
Metellus was arrested and charged with assault.
*It’s not the caffeine fix she was seeking.
A female cop was doused with coffee by a deranged woman who had just admitted she was carrying angel dust outside a Bergen Beach doughnut shop.
Stacey Goldberg, 41, threw a large cup of coffee at the officer, who was sitting in a squad car, on Avenue U and East 67 Street at 2 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.
Goldberg allegedly snarled, “F- – -ing fake cops. You can’t arrest me.”
She then told the cop she had a vial of angel dust, which was found in her pants pocket, sources said.
Goldberg was charged with criminal mischief, attempted assault and drug possession.
*A drunken driver led cops on a low-speed chase in Charleston before getting arrested, cops said.
Joseph Rowe, 33, was driving at a snail’s pace along Arthur Kill Road near the Outerbridge Crossing at about 3 a.m. Monday cops said.
Police noticed how slowly he was driving while weaving in and out of traffic, and then pulled over the car.
The officer noticed Rowe smelled of alcohol and a breathalyzer test confirmed his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit, authorities said.
*A car thief was caught red-handed in Fox Hills, cops said yesterday.
Al Lewis, 27, was driving a 1991 Chrysler along Osgood Avenue near Vanderbilt Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, when police ran a check of the license plate and learned it recently had been stolen, sources said.
Cops approached the car and noticed the steering column was cracked and a screwdriver was jammed in the ignition.
When they asked Lewis to get out of the car, he refused, and, after a brief struggle, was arrested, the sources said.
Manhattan
*A thief didn’t get very far after robbing a man in Greenwich Village.
In fact, Marvin Howell, 47, got bagged by police just minutes after the mugging thanks to the quick-thinking victim.
Howell sneaked up behind the victim walking out of a bar on Bleecker Street near Sullivan Street at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, cops said.
He jammed an object into his back, grabbed $310 and fled, said sources.
The victim ran back inside the bar and called 911, then dashed back outside and flagged down a passing patrol car, the sources said.
Howell was grabbed nearby and charged with robbery, a Manhattan DA spokeswoman said.
*A gun-toting thief bungled a jewel heist at a Midtown antiques shop, police sources said yesterday.
The bandit opened the front door of the store on Lexington Avenue near East 55th Street as the staff was closing up at about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday.
He pointed a silver handgun at a 60-year-old employee carrying a tray of jewelry and antiques.
Then he grabbed the tray and tried to dump the contents into a duffel bag, but some of the items toppled to the ground.
The crook then fled. It’s unclear what, if anything, was stolen.