Queens
A brawl erupted inside an Astoria nightclub early Friday where a Texas-based rapper was performing, police sources said. The artist, Chedda Da Connect, known for his recent hits “Flicka Da Wrist” and “Why Not?” in the underground rap scene, was on stage at Perlieu, at 34th Street and 36th Avenue, at about 3 a.m. when fists and bottles started flying, the sources said. The rapper wasn’t injured but four patrons on the dance floor were slashed amid the mayhem, the sources said. Three victims suffered gashes to the head and the fourth suffered a slash to the back, law-enforcement sources said. Three people were taken to the 114th Precinct station house for questioning but no one had been charged as of Friday afternoon, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the violence. Club-goers were ordered out shortly after the melee, sources said.
Cops arrested a man believed to have been involved in a gunfight outside a Long Island City nightclub last October. Police announced Friday that Traevon Robinson, 23, had been charged with four counts of felony assault and three counts of reckless endangerment in the shootout outside Allure at around 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 19. A 37-year-old man was hit in the chest, a 19-year-old woman was struck in the leg and two men, ages 23 and 28, were hit in the leg. The victims were rushed to nearby hospitals and survived, authorities said. Cops are still looking for the man they believe traded gunfire with Robinson.
Police are investigating the death of a 25-year-old man whose body was found in his bed in Jackson Heights. Joel Ferreira was found unconscious and unresponsive in his home at about 7 p.m., Thursday. The body showed no signs of trauma, and the Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine a cause of death.
Brooklyn
A violent female crook robbed a woman of her cellphone in Bushwick, police sources said. The 25-year-old victim was at Dekalb and Central avenues at about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday when the suspect, a woman in her early 20s, approached from behind, sources said. The attacker punched the victim in the back and snatched the cellphone, police said. No suspect description was available.
A man high on crack was caught inside a Bushwick building where he failed in his bid to swipe copper piping, police sources said. Stanley Hembrick, 62, was in the basement of the building at Halsey Street and Evergreen Avenue at 8 a.m. Wednesday when a tenant spotted him and dialed 911, the sources said. Cops responded and arrested Hembrick, who admitted he was high on crack, law-enforcement sources said. He was charged with burglary, cops said. He has prior arrests for trademark counterfeiting and trespassing, cops said.
The Bronx
A man allegedly robbed a teen in Longwood, police said. The 14-year-old victim was walking by an apartment building on West Farms Road near Home Street at 4:20 p.m. on
Feb. 26 when a man approached him on the sidewalk and snatched his phone, cops said. The victim was not injured, authorities said.
Cops are asking for the public’s help finding two men who shoved their way into a 17-year-old girl’s apartment in Bedford Park. The suspects went to the victim’s home near East 202nd Street and stole her Xbox 360 and $40 at knifepoint at about 4 p.m. on Jan. 28, police said. One of the suspects was described as about 5-foot-4 and 155 pounds and was last seen wearing a black mask and carrying a red backpack, law-enforcement authorities said. The second suspect was described as approximately 5-foot-10 and 155 pounds and wearing a black hoodie and a mask.
Manhattan
A woman posed as a CVS employee and emptied out a safe full of cash from the manager’s office while in “training” in Greenwich Village, authorities said. Police say the suspect (above) walked into the store at 360 Sixth Avenue at 11:40 p.m. on Jan. 2, telling too-trusting employees that she was a fellow CVS worker from a different store who was there for training, police said. While alone in the manager’s office, she stole cash and fled before anyone noticed, cops said. The suspect, described as a brunette, was last seen wearing a red hoodie beneath a green sweater jacket, sources said.