Brooklyn
Someone stole over $22,500 in jewelry and electronics from a Brooklyn Heights apartment, police sources said. The burglary occurred between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Schermerhorn Street pad near State Street, police said. The 23-year-old victim told cops her MacBook and designer jewelry were snatched, sources said. No one appeared to have tampered with the apartment door, according to investigators.
A man tried to rob a Borough Park bank Thursday afternoon, but fled empty-handed, authorities said.
The would-be crook walked into the Citibank on 13th Avenue near 55th Street just after 4:50 p.m. and slipped a demand note to a teller, according to police. The teller coolly rebuffed the demand and the thief wannabe walked off without a dime, cops said. The suspect is believed to be about 25-years-old, 5-foot-11 with a slim build.
A man was arrested early Saturday in the fatal beating of a homeless man in Highland Park. Able Palmer, 36, who lives nearby, was charged with assault. He allegedly punched the 45-year-old victim, whose name was withheld, in the face, inside the park near Jamaica Avenue and Highland Place in Cypress Hills. The victim fell, banged his head on the ground, and died at Brookdale Hospital of severe brain trauma. The victim had been walking with a woman, also homeless, who was able to identify the assailant, a source said.
Bronx
A thief robbed a teenage boy at knifepoint aboard a 5 train rolling through Eastchester, according to cops. Police said the victim, 14, was riding the southbound train at 11:50 a.m. on Jan. 24 when the goon walked up to him, flashed a knife and demanded his cellphone. The teen turned over his iPhone, and the crook scampered off the train at the Baychester Avenue station, authorities said. The suspect is about 25-years-old, 5-foot-9 and 165 pounds.
A pervert groped a teenage girl aboard a B train passing through Bedford Park, authorities said. The 13-year-old victim was riding the northbound train at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 28 when the creep approached her and stroked her thigh, police said. He dashed out when the train rolled into the Bedford Park Boulevard station, cops said. The suspect is believed to be about 25-years-old, 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds.
Manhattan
A motorist is facing a felony drug rap after Port Authority police pulled him over Friday afternoon. Anthony Thompson, 34, was driving on the West 179th Street approach to the span at around 12:30 p.m. when cops saw him switch lanes without signaling and pulled him over, a PA spokesman said. When Thompson said he didn’t have his license on him, cops ran a check and discovered his license had been suspended more than 10 times before, the PAPD said. A plastic bag containing a pound of weed was found in the trunk, according to the PAPD.