The two boozing crooks pictured above are wanted for burglarizing a popular Red Hook dive bar, authorities said.
Brooklyn
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Two boozing crooks are wanted for burglarizing a popular Red Hook dive bar, authorities said.
The suspects broke in through the back door of Red Hook Bait and Tackle on Van Brunt Street near Pioneer Street at about 5 a.m. on Aug. 20, cops said.
They made off with four iPods, 11 liquor bottles and $1,000 in cash, police sources said.
The intruders were seen on video surveillance fleeing the scene in a green SUV, cops said.
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A heartless thief walked into a preschool in Bedford-Stuyvesant while staffers were on a break and stole a 40-inch TV and an Xbox, cops said.
The crook entered the Child Prodigy Learning Center at 1001 Broadway at about 1 p.m. on Aug. 26, grabbed the electronics and fled on foot, according to police.
The thief is believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, standing about 5-foot-10 and weighing 230 pounds, cops said.
Manhattan
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Burglars broke into a SoHo Lacoste store early yesterday and cat- walked away with $18,000 worth of high-priced duds.
Three man — one armed with a sledge hammer — went through the store’s front glass door at 2:15 a.m. at the famed clothing line’s 134 Prince St. location, officials said.
The French clothing line has been in the limelight in recent days as a prominent sponsor of retiring American tennis Andy Roddick.
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A sicko was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in a Lower East Side karaoke club, court records state.
Omar Ocasio, 21, put his hand over the mouth of a 20-year-old woman in Neway on Eldridge Street at about 4 a.m. on Aug. 26, court records state.
“Don’t scream,” he allegedly warned, adding, “I’ll kill you.” He pulled her hair, forced her to commit a sex act and raped her, court papers state.
The woman went to a nearby hospital and reported the incident to police, who arrested Ocasio at the club, sources said.
He was charged with rape and criminal sex act.
Queens
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A man broke into an apartment and slashed a resident’s face without provocation, and later cops learned that the attacker was wanted for the rape of a child two years earlier, sources said.
Sean Burt, 37, kicked in the door of a home on 171st Street near Liberty Avenue at about 10 a.m. on Aug. 20, repeatedly slashed a male resident in the face and punched and kicked him, court records state.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where doctors needed stitches to close his wounds, sources said.
Burt was charged with burglary, assault and criminal mischief, according to a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.
While Burt was in custody, cops learned he was a suspect in the rape of a girl under the age of 15 in the Richmond Hill area on May 1, 2010.
Burt was then charged with rape and child endangerment, sources said.
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A man jumped into a car stopped at a traffic light in Glendale and shot a bullet through the roof after the driver refused to give him a ride, court papers sate.
Bryan McMenamin, 36, opened the rear driver-side door of a 2006 Dodge at 76th Street and Myrtle Avenue at about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 19, the records show.
McMenamin asked the driver for a ride and offered to pay, but the driver told him to get out, court papers state.
A woman in the front passenger seat noticed the thug had a gun in his waistband, right before she and the driver heard a gunshot, court papers state.
McMenamin fled and the driver found a bullet hole in the roof, according to the documents.
McMenamin was soon arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, according to the spokeswoman for District Attorney Brown.
The Bronx
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A brute broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in North Riverdale and threatened her over his skateboard, court records state.
Jonathan Marrero, 21, entered the apartment on Arlington Avenue at 5:10 p.m. on Aug. 28, pulled a knife and demanded that the victim return his property, the documents indicate.
The victim said the skateboard wasn’t there and demanded to know how her ex had gained entry into the apartment, papers show.
Marrero allegedly replied, “Don’t worry about it. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll give me my board. If you love your cat, you’ll give me my board.”
Marrero was soon busted and charged with burglary, menacing, trespass, weapons possession, attempted assault and harassment.