Bronx
A teen who had been stabbed died early yesterday after he staggered several blocks before collapsing outside the 41st Precinct Station House.
Jovan Maldonado, 18, was repeatedly knifed near Longwood Avenue and Southern Boulevard in Longwood at about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, cops said.
He made it to the front of the station house at 1035 Longwood Ave., where he collapsed.
He later died at Lincoln Hospital. The killer fled.
Brooklyn
A former jewelry-store employee snatched $44,000 in baubles from the Boerum Hill shop, police said yesterday.
Ayyub Zaid, 33, who worked for six months at the store on Atlantic Avenue near South Elliott Place, was responsible for a specific set of jewelry, sources said.
At the end of each work day, Zaid packed up the chains, pendants and rings and gave them to the manager to be put in a safe.
But on May 24, the manager opened the safe and noticed that the jewelry in Zaid’s control two days earlier was missing.
That same morning, Zaid failed to come to work and his phone was disconnected.
The manager reported the theft and Zaid was arrested Wednesday on charges of grand larceny.
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A thief posing as a cop swiped a livery driver’s money and cellphone in Downtown Brooklyn, authorities said yesterday.
Alpha Bah, 43, approached the 41-year-old man in his cab on Fulton Street near Jay Street at 8:30 p.m. on June 2.
Bah allegedly said, “I’m a police officer. You know you can’t park here,” then grabbed the cell and $150 from the driver’s lap.
He was busted Wednesday and charged with robbery, criminal mischief and criminal impersonation.
Manhattan
A crook used a woman’s debit card to purchase nearly $4,000 in money orders from two Upper West Side post offices, authorities said yesterday.
On April 21, Pharaoh Williams, 27, allegedly used the Chase Visa card to buy two money orders for $2,000 at the post office on Columbus Avenue near West 94th Street. He then cashed the money orders, police said.
That same day, Williams allegedly used the card to buy $1,900 in money orders from the post office on West 116th Street near Seventh Avenue.
When the victim noticed her card was gone, she reported it missing, and police arrested Williams on Tuesday for grand larceny.
Queens
A deranged man was busted for attacking a cabby in South Jamaica, authorities said yesterday.
Kenneth Hamilton, 54, repeatedly punched the livery driver in the face as the victim sat in his cab at Sutphin Boulevard near 122nd Street at 2 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Hamilton then got into a car and followed the fleeing cabby, caught up to him at a red light, and attacked him again, authorities said.
He continued to stalk the victim throughout the day until he was finally caught, police said.
Under questioning, he allegedly admitted, “I hate these cabdrivers. I followed him around all day and kept attacking him. Then I calmed down but when I saw him, I lost it again.”
He was charged with assault and harassment, a spokesperson for DA Richard Brown said.
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A woman spit in the face of a traffic agent who had issued her a parking summons in Saint Albans, authorities said yesterday.
Brandi Taylor, 26, squared off with the agent on 174th Street near 110th Avenue at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, sources said.
She screamed and spit in the agent’s face after he slapped the ticket on her windshield, police said.
Taylor was promptly arrested and charged with harassment and obstruction of governmental administration.
Staten Island
He hailed a cab, then held up the store, police said.
A Dongan Hills bodega was robbed by a man who took a taxi to the store, ripped off $1,000 in cash and lottery tickets, then fled in the same livery cab, sources said.
August Engel, 48, was identified through surveillance video, cops said. He was charged with robbery.
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A sloshed motorist was busted for DWI after blowing a red light in Rossville, authorities said.
Sean Dooley, 30, was behind the wheel of a 1996 Honda Accord with six unopened brews in the back seat as he drove along Arthur Road Wednesday, according to police reports.
Police said he blew a .18 — more than twice the legal limit – on his Breathalyzer test.