A GREEDY GOON creeped up to a man while he was walking. 

The 26-year-old punk allegedly clad in dark clothes and pulled a knife on a 38-year-old mark who was strolling along East 7th Street just before 3 a.m. on Dec. 20. 

“Give me everything you got,” the perp told the man, according to the criminal complaint. 

This shook the man and he attempted to run away from the suspect. 

But he wasn’t as agile as he hoped. While making a break for it, the victim tripped and hit the asphalt. He fumbled his cell phone during the spill. 

The accused scooped up the gizmo and took off. 

Cops were contacted. 

They quickly tracked the cell phone’s whereabouts and nabbed the suspect; recovering the phone and knife on his person. 

The unsavory was charged with robbery (with a weapon) and robbery.

HE STRUCK THRICE.

And two of them involved brutalizing his ex-lover nearly snuffing her life.

At around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, the 44-year-old craven sort was inside a home on East 149th Street off Morris Avenue.

Authorities say the maniac had been working over the woman with a sharp blade.

As she was bleeding from several cuts on her legs — the suspect allegedly jammed rolled up socks into her mouth, restricting her breathing and then gasped, "I am going to kill you," according to the criminal complaint.

She survived.

An order of protection had already been secured by a judge on Sept. 30 and was valid through Nov. 13.

The same punk allegedly returned for more at around 10:45 p.m. on Nov. 2. This time he wasn't holding a blade, but a gun.
And he allegedly used it to pistol whip the woman and at one point as she was suffering the blows, he pressed the barrel to her chest and again told her, "I am going to kill you!"

Then, after midnight on Dec. 29, the same tough guy who allegedly brutalized the woman twice allegedly tried to tango with a cop.

The location wasn't the woman's apartment — but nearby on East 149th Street.

The suspect allegedly unloaded a series of combo punches to the police officer. The scrap sent the member of service to a local hospital.

Meanwhile, the suspect was nabbed and thrown a book of charges at him including attempted murder, kidnapping, and assault.

NOBODY EXPECTED HIM to become a priest. 

For one suspected crack slinger — 2025 was forgiving. 

But 2026 isn’t looking to be his year. 

The 64-year-old was allegedly repenting for a Jan 30, 2024 case involving him tendering the sale of crack. 

That case was put on ice and his release was realized. 

So while he was dealing with the courts on the matter — being granted access to a diversion program. 

However, the suspect slipped on the same banana peel and found himself selling rocks again. 

He was rebooked on the same charge on Jan. 4 of this year. 

His recidivism act led to him absconding from the program and the court days later put out a warrant for his arrest.

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THEIR HANDIWORK WAS flawless. 

A band of three lowlifes surrounded a man taking a very very early morning stroll.

He was preyed upon while walking along Roosevelt and Britton Avenue, underneath the elevated train back at around 3 a.m. on Dec. 28 . 

The perps, 26 and 47 (the third remains unaccounted for), approached the innocent and ripped his chain and picked his wallet.

When the man pulled out his cell phone and began dialing 911 — the crooks were ready. They allegedly slapped it out of his clutches.

Responding cops tracked down two of the assailants and charged them with grand larceny from a person, petit larceny, and criminal mischief (prevent an emergency call).

A DIPSHIT MOTORING around in a Toyota Camry was racking up all kinds of driving infractions… and also throwing a pistol away while trying to elude capture.

The 17-year-old wasn’t exactly earning high marks for his driving skills on the late night of Jan. 19.

Cops say the youth was out on the road at 11 p.m. when he was acting reckless around the intersection of Tompkins Avenue and Broad Street. The suspect stopped suddenly just as the detail was in pursuit.

A passenger fled the ride.

He then continued to zoom away.

As the cops were closing in, the driver allegedly hurled an object from the car.

He would soon run out of road and was stopped.

The driver dashed away from the car on foot, but was taken into custody.

Cops found the discarded item: a 9mm Ruger semi-automatic pistol with an extended clip (affixed with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sticker).

Now the kid is getting the traffic violations plus weapons possession, resisting arrest, and obstruction of governmental administration.

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