Brooklyn
Police in East Flatbush shot a knife-wielding teen who refused orders to drop his weapon, authorities said.
Police were called as Stanley Cherenfant, 19, brawled with a cousin at 221 Linden Blvd. near Nostrand Avenue Friday at 11:24 p.m., sources said.
When officers arrived, Cherenfant, who according to relatives suffers from physical disabilities due to a childhood stroke, pulled a knife and approached cops in a threatening manner, sources said.
One cop fired a shot, striking Cherenfant in the lower abdomen, officers said.
The suspect was in stable condition at Kings County Hospital, charged with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.
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A young man was fatally shot last night during what police believe was a botched robbery inside an East Flatbush home.
Davon Massey, 21, was shot once in the chest around 10:20 p.m. in the house on Albany Avenue near Midwood Street, cops said.
His horrified sister witnessed the bloodshed and called 911, sources said.
Massey was rushed to Kings County Hospital where he died.
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A woman was busted after she ripped off an undercover cop during a drug sting in Brownsville, authorities said.
Madeline Rodriguez, 45, was at a known drug spot on Tapscott Street near Blake Avenue at 3 p.m. Thursday when an undercover cop asked her for “hard,” slang for crack cocaine, sources said.
Rodriguez took $40 from the undercover and ducked into a building, authorities said. She allegedly emerged moments later and refused to give the cop the money or the drugs.
After a brief argument, she walked away as the cop called in his backup team and grabbed her, sources said.
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A petty crook was busted for stealing perfume from a Victoria’s Secret in Downtown Brooklyn, cops said.
Frankie Sanabria, 39, was spotted swiping a bottle of perfume from the Victoria’s Secret in the Atlantic Terminal Mall at 5 p.m. Thursday, sources said.
Via surveillance video, detectives linked Sanabria to the October theft of $150 worth of Gillette Fusion razors from a Target store in the mall, cops said.
Queens
A drunk driver was arrested after he confessed to cops following a fender bender in Astoria, police said.
G.I. Tsoutsoudakis, 52, plowed his Jeep into the back of a car stopped at a light at 21st Street and 23rd Avenue at 4 a.m. on June 2, sources said.
He sped away but didn’t get far, ramming a car at 21st Street at 23rd Road, sources said.
Cops found Tsoutsoudakis reeking of alcohol, authorities said, and he allegedly said, “If I wasn’t drunk when [the other driver] cut me off, I wouldn’t have crashed,” according to court papers.
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It took five months, but cops nailed a prowler videotaped during a burglary at a Bayside restaurant.
A surveillance camera at Pita Pan on Bell Boulevard at 40th Avenue caught Armand Morales in the closed eatery at 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 4, sources said.
Morales, 22, was videotaped as he looted the register and cash box, and escaped with approximately $3,000 in cash, police said.
Detectives eventually identified Morales, who was busted on June 8 on burglary and grand larceny charges, authorities said.
Bronx
An ex-flame was given a chance to cool off behind bars after he ambushed a woman and her 8-year-old daughter in University Heights.
Violating a court order, Luis Garcia, 23, grabbed his former lover as she walked on East Burnside Avenue near Morris Avenue at 3 p.m. Thursday, sources said.
According to court papers, he snarled: “I’m going to get you for what you did to me, bitch!”
He threw punches at her, but she eluded them, cops said. The woman and her daughter escaped without injury, sources said. Garcia was arrested nearby.