By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS and JAMIE SCHRAM
June 10, 2008
Manhattan
An East Harlem man was busted for holding up a grocery on the Upper East Side early yesterday, police said.
Willie Hawkins pulled out a sawed-off shotgun at the store on Madison Avenue at East 92nd Street at 4 a.m. and demanded cash, cops said. After he stole an undisclosed amount of money, Hawkins tried to break a surveillance camera. He was charged with robbery.
A Circuit City manager allegedly stole more than $100,000 from her store over the course of a year.
Colleen Wilber, 25, kept money that was meant to be deposited in the store's bank account, police said.
Wilber worked at the Union Square branch as an operations manager. She allegedly started her scheme in April 2007 and continued until last month.
She was arrested last Wednesday.
The Bronx
Police are searching for Cadman Williams in connection with the murder of a Yonkers man, authorities said yesterday.
Kenneth Sackey, 42, was shot in the chest in the lobby of a building on the Grand Concourse in Mount Hope on May 25, police said. Sackey had argued with the gunman at a barbecue at the building earlier in the day.
Williams, 24, also goes by the name Norel Brandi.
Queens
A man was critically wounded by a gunman who shot him and left him on a highway service road in South Ozone Park early yesterday, police said.
The unidentified victim, in his 30s, was shot in the torso at the Van Wyck Expressway service road and 107th Street. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital.
Staten Island
Four young men were caught tossing golf balls out of a moving car in Great Kills, authorities said yesterday.
Mark Blutstein, 20, was driving along Hylan Boulevard early Saturday with three friends. An unmarked police car was behind them, and the cops noticed one of the young men throwing the balls out the windows, sources said.
The cops pulled them over and found marijuana in the car, authorities said.
Blutstein, along with Santo Orecchio, 20, Jason Erickson, 20, and Michael Yee, 19, were charged with criminal mischief and possession of marijuana.
Two teenagers allegedly broke into two New Springville homes and stole $30,000 worth of collectibles and electronic equipment.
Jerry Vasquez, 18, and a 15-year-old boy whose name was withheld, were caught inside a home on Lewiston Street on Friday afternoon, cops said.
The pair had earlier broken into a nearby home, where they stole an Xbox, iPod, watches, jewelry and an autographed Mickey Mantle baseball card, according to authorities. Police found two backpacks filled with stolen goods in the second home.
The suspects were charged with burglary, criminal mischief and grand larceny, the DA's spokesman said.
A drunken driver was arrested after he crashed his SUV through a check-cashing shop in Port Richmond, police said.
Vincente Zuniya, 30, backed the vehicle into the glass storefront of 169 Port Richmond Ave. shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday, police said. His blood-alcohol level was nearly three times over the driving limit, cops said.
Zuniya was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Brooklyn
A man was shot and killed near his Bedford-Stuyvesant home, police said yesterday.
Tyrone Golden, 40, was shot in the upper torso at 3:05 a.m. Friday on Halsey Street near Patchen Avenue, police said. Golden, who had a criminal record, later died at Kings County Hospital.
A man accidentally shot himself in the leg - and then was arrested for having a gun, police said.
Malik Wright, 27, was with three friends in a home on Gates Avenue at Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant Friday when he fired the round from his .45, police said.
Cops later found drugs and Wright's gun and busted him, authorities said.
He was taken to Woodhull Hospital in stable condition.
