NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn
An armed robber knocked off a Bay Ridge bodega, authorities said.
The thug entered the Now We Change Deli at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street on April 19 at about 8:15 a.m. and forced his way behind the counter after pulling a gun on the clerk, cops said.
The suspect (above) made off with about $300, police said.
A notsogood Samaritan found a man’s lost wallet on a Flatlands street — and promptly used his credit card in a Target shopping spree, cops said.
The 47yearold victim told investigators he misplaced his wallet somewhere near Avenue K and Flatbush Avenue on April 8 at about 9 a.m.
Around 12:30 p.m., a woman wearing a gray hoodie with a large, black Nike logo (above) used the man’s credit card at Target.
Two crooks held up a Flatbush deli, cops said.
One of the thugs already had his gun drawn when the duo stormed into the Foster Convenience Store on Foster Avenue near East 17th Street Monday at about 10:30 p.m., cops said.
The gunman grabbed a 22yearold worker by the neck and demanded money as his accomplice scuffled with a 57yearold in the back of the store, cops said.
The bandits fled with about $600. The workers were unharmed.
The gunman (above) stands about 6foot2 and weighs about 180 pounds. His partner is about 58 and 175 pounds.
The Bronx
A thief robbed a man at gunpoint inside a South Bronx building right after asking where to score drugs, authorities said.
The mugger followed the victim into an apartment building on Bruckner Boulevard near St. Ann’s Avenue on Feb. 26 at about 10:25 p.m., cops said.
When the victim reached the second floor, the suspect asked where he could buy marijuana, cops said.
When the victim told him he didn’t know, the man whipped out a silver handgun and ordered him to hand over everything he had, cops said.
The victim surrendered an iPhone, his ID, and his debit card along with his PIN, cops said.
A short time later the gunman tried unsuccessfully to use the debit card at a Harlem deli, cops said.
Manhattan
A thief robbed a man at a Chelsea subway station, authorities said.
The 38yearold victim was walking through the 14th Street station at Seventh Avenue on May 10 at about 2:30 p.m. when the suspect asked him for a dollar.
When the man refused, the thief took the man’s wallet and fled with $100.
The suspect (above) is about 510 and 180 pounds.
Staten Island
Police arrested a man carrying a loaded handgun with a laser sight attached in Stapleton, lawenforcement sources said.
A bystander saw Bashawn Clover, 24, holding the Ruger LC9 9mm pistol near the corner of Tompkins Avenue and Broad Street at about 9 a.m. Wednesday and called 911, sources said.
When police tried to approach the excon, he allegedly stashed the gun in his backpack and ran into the nearby Stapleton Houses before police caught him.
He was charged with possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, according to a Criminal Court complaint.
Clover has previously served time in prison for robbery, assault and selling drugs, sources said.
A veteran correction officer beat and choked his girlfriend inside the couple’s Mariners Harbor home, lawenforcement sources said.
Rikers Island guard Benjamin McDonald, 51, got into a dispute with the 32yearold woman at their Laguna Lane home around 10 a.m. Wednesday before allegedly choking her and throwing her into a kitchen table, causing her to pass out, sources said.
McDonald was arrested and charged with strangulation, obstruction of breathing and harassment, according to a Criminal court complaint.