NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Brooklyn
A livery driver was robbed by a passenger in Bushwick, authorities said Monday.
The driver picked up the suspect (above) at Par-Central Motor Inn in Briarwood, Queens, at around 3 p.m. Saturday, and took him to Bushwick Avenue and Woodbine Street, police said.
When they arrived at the Brooklyn destination, the passenger demanded the driver’s cash, police said. The crook fled with some money the driver handed over.
The bald and bearded suspect is in his mid30s and is about 5foot6.
A thief posing as a cop tricked a man into opening the door to his Park Slope apartment and barged inside, police sources said Monday.
The home invader, dressed in an NYPD Tshirt and a bulletproof vest, knocked on the door of the Seventh Avenue apartment near Carroll Street at around 5:30 a.m. Sunday and identified himself as a police officer, sources said.
When the 24yearold victim opened the door, the phony cop pushed his way inside and attempted to grab the man’s Apple Air laptop.
The resident attempted to stop the man, and the thug punched him in the head before fleeing emptyhanded.
Police on Monday identified the man who was shot dead while driving his car in Crown Heights.
The shooter pumped several bullets into Sean Alexander Peart, 22, while the victim was headed west on Dean Street in his Infinity at about 4 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Peart managed to drive another quarter mile before his car came to a halt at Dean and Utica Avenue.
He later died at Interfaith Medical Center.
The Bronx
A 21yearold man was shot dead during a fight in University Heights, authorities said.
Police discovered Albendris Nunez with a gunshot wound to the torso at University Avenue and West Fordham Road at around 9:20 a.m. Sunday.
He was declared dead at St. Barnabas Hospital.
A 76yearold man was beaten and robbed by two women who followed him to his Morrisania home, police sources said Monday.
The women punched and kicked José Hernandez on Elton Avenue near East 160th Street at around 4 p.m. Saturday, according to police sources.
The women made off with $40, his bank card and his identification.
A robber punched and threatened to slash a Soundview Rite Aid employee who tried to stop him from shoplifting, authorities said.
The suspect (above) walked into the store on Westchester Avenue near Elder Avenue at around 8:10 a.m. last Wednesday and stuffed about 20 items into a black duffel bag, according to police.
When he tried to walk out with the stolen merchandise, a worker moved to stop him, cops said.
The thug then punched the worker in the chest and pulled out a razor blade before running off without the loot, cops said.
The failed robber, who is about 5foot10, was wearing jeans, a dark overcoat and a black winter hat.
A burglar broke into an apartment in a Morrisania building and made off with electronics, authorities said Monday.
The suspect (above) sneaked into a building on East 162nd Street and entered an unoccupied apartment, where he stole a DVD player and a radio on Dec. 2 at about 11:30 p.m., police said.
Manhattan
A driver pulled over by cops near the Holland Tunnel jumped out of his car and started hopping up and down and flailing his arms to “warm up” before a field sobriety test — but he was unable to perform any of the tasks because he was wasted, Port Authority police said.
Several drivers alerted authorities that Maryland resident Charles Wyche, 49, was driving erratically through the tunnel toward New Jersey in a black Chrysler convertible at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
PA cops caught up to him on a Jersey City street.
After police ordered Wyche to perform a sobriety test, he hopped in place and waved his arms, telling them he was “warming up,” cops said.
He was arrested after ignoring police instructions.
Police said they found a few bags of cocaine and a bag of PCP in the car.