NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Brooklyn
The suspect pictured above robbed two cabdrivers in Bensonhurst, authorities said.
According to cops, he first got into a taxi parked along 86th Street at about 2:45 a.m. on July 12.
When the 34-year-old driver said he was off duty, the suspect exited and walked off, but returned wielding a gun, demanded money and fled with $100, cops said.
Less than two hours later, the suspect got into a cab and instructed the driver to take him to 86th Street and 21st Avenue.
At the destination, the suspect pulled a gun, hit the driver in the face and fled with $450. The victim suffered a broken nose.
The suspect was wearing a white T-shirt and black sweat pants, and in the first robbery a red bandanna across his face.
The three suspects pictured here assaulted and robbed a 58year-old woman in Brighton Beach, authorities said.
She was walking along Brighton 4th Street at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when they approached and shoved her to ground, cops said.
They then tried to grab her money, but when she resisted they punched her in the face and snatched her shopping bags.
She was treated for facial cuts and bruises.
The Bronx
Two young robbers took a teen’s wallet at an Allerton elevated-train station but gave it back when the victim chased them down, authorities said.
The 17-year-old victim was swiping his MetroCard at the Pelham Parkway 2 and 5 station when the thieves snatched his wallet containing $6 at about 7 a.m. on July 12, cops said.
The victim followed the suspects out of the station and demanded back his wallet, investigators said.
One of the suspects threw it at him, but then the other pulled a steak knife and demanded the victim’s cellphone.
The victim balked, and the punks fled.
Both teens were described as about 5-foot-2 and 100 pounds. One was wearing a red shirt and the other a white shirt.
Manhattan
Police are looking for two Taser-wielding suspects who allegedly committed muggings in Manhattan and The Bronx.
The suspects, pictured above, first approached a 46-year-old man Monday at about 1:30 a.m. on Fort Washington Avenue near West 162nd Street in Washington Heights, shocked him with the Taser, pummeled him and made off with cash, jewelry and car keys, cops said.
The victim declined medical attention.
Four hours later, they allegedly went to The Bronx and approached a 28-yearold man on Bruckner Boulevard near Pugsley Avenue in Unionport.
One suspect displayed a gun while the other displayed a Taser and took his possessions, cops said. The victim was not injured.
Cops said one suspect is in his 20s, about 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds, while the other is in his 20s, about 5-foot-8 and 180 pounds.
The suspected serial bank robber pictured at right who often changes his appearance has struck again on the Upper East Side, stealing thousands of dollars, cops said.
In his latest robbery, the crook strolled into the HSBC branch on Third Avenue at 68th Street at 3:53 p.m. Monday, police said.
He handed a teller a note claiming that he had a gun and demanded money in 50- and 100-dollar denominations, sources said.
The teller forked over about $5,000, sources said.
Since March, the crook has robbed eight banks in Manhattan, netting more than $15,000, cops said.
In nearly all the robberies, he has altered his ap- pearance with different headgear, including a white fedora, black bike helmet and black baseball cap.
A homeless junkie in a wheelchair was busted for the 43rd time after snatching a wallet and cellphone from a feisty young woman who chased him onto a subway train, police sources said.
Anthony Chambers, 53, allegedly robbed the 30year-old straphanger on a platform of the station at Wall and William streets just after 9 a.m. Thursday.
But the victim followed him onto a train and borrowed a phone to call 911.
Police were waiting when the train rolled into Penn Station at 9:45 a.m.
Chambers was charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property. His criminal history includes multiple drug, robbery and transit offenses, sources said.