NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Brooklyn
n Police have released a photo of the man suspected of trying to lure a 14yearold girl on her way home from school in Sheepshead Bay.
The girl was approached by the suspect (above) on Feb. 16 at about 4:40 p.m. on East Seventh Street, police said.
The stranger put his arm around the girl and made several suggestive comments before asking her to come home with him, according to police sources.
When she tried to run away, he grabbed her arm. After a brief struggle, the girl was able to escape.
The suspect is described as about 20 years old, 5foot8 and 150 pounds.
nA knifewielding crook robbed an East New York discount store, cops said.
The suspect walked into the 99Cent Store on Blake Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue on Feb. 10 at about 1:45 p.m., police said.
He pulled a knife on the clerk and made off with $487 from the cash register before fleeing north of Sheffield Avenue.
Cops believe the man is about 25 years old, about 6feet tall and 155 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a black jacket with a black hoodie, blue jeans and black sneakers.
nA hooded gunman tried to rob a Williamsburg gas station but fled emptyhanded after a store employee refused his demands, police said.
The wouldbe robber walked into a BP gas station on Morgan Avenue near Meeker Avenue at about 11:15 a.m. on Sunday and pointed his firearm at a 50yearold male customer, police said.
The suspect then dragged the customer to the front of the store and aimed his gun at the clerk behind the counter and demanded cash, cops said.
When the employee refused to give him any dough, the armed suspect tried to grab cash himself from the register.
He was unsuccessful and fled the station.
He was last seen wearing a black ski mask, a dark gray hoodie and dark pants.
The Bronx
nA woman in Fordham Heights fought off a creep who pistolwhipped her, according to police.
The wouldbe robber pulled the victim, 32, into an alleyway near Grand Concourse and Field Place at around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, then pulled out a gun and demanded money.
The victim refused to hand over her cash and the brute struck her in the face with his gun, cops said.
After a brief struggle, she was able to escape while her assailant fled emptyhanded.
The man is described as around 40 years old, about 5foot7 and 170 pounds.
He was last seen with a black knapsack and wearing a black skullcap, a dark jacket, jeans and black sneakers.
n Cops released surveillance photos of two of the three suspects wanted for beating up a 50yearold man and tossing hot water on his face in Kingsbridge.
The victim was walking on West Kingsbridge Road at 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 21 when two thugs (inset) approached him and struck up a conversation. Once they got to the intersection of Davidson Avenue, a third man jumped in and they began beating the victim.
The thugs repeatedly punched and kicked the victim before throwing hot water on his face, cops said.
The victim sustained seconddegree burns and was taken to Jacobi Hospital.
Staten Island
nA 28yearold man was arrested for raping and robbing a woman inside her Mariners Harbor office building, police said.
Maurice Scott was nabbed just before midnight Monday and charged with rape, robbery and criminal sex act, police said.
The hulking suspect allegedly raped a 44yearold woman Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the building on Forest Avenue.
In addition to the brutal sex attack, Scott also stole the woman’s jewelry and Samsung cellphone, authorities said.
Queens
nA drunken man hoping to get lucky followed a woman he had just met to an Elmhurst hotel, where he was slashed and robbed by her and a male accomplice, police sources said.
The 43yearold victim told police he was highly intoxicated when he got a room at 4:30 a.m. Monday inside the Metro Motel on Queens Boulevard for himself and the unidentified woman, sources said.
When the two entered the room, the victim noticed another man already sitting inside. The woman then slashed the victim on the arm with an unknown object, and the two suspects robbed him of $1,200 and an iPhone, police sources said.
The victim ran to the front desk and was later taken to Elmhurst Hospital.
He was so sloshed that he couldn’t provide investigators with a good description of either suspect, sources said.