Staten Island
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A motorist died in a Port Richmond crash yesterday, police said.
José Luis Arlequin, 21, of Elm Park lost control of his gray 1996 Honda and smashed into a pole at 3 a.m. at Richmond Terrace and Sharpe Avenue, cops said.
EMS rushed him to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
No criminality is suspected.
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Cops collared a crook wanted for swiping baby formula in Charleston, authorities said.
Juan Abreu, 37, was busted Tuesday leaving the Target store on Veterans Road West with 12 unpaid-for cans of Enfamil valued at $317 and unpaid-for packages of Oreos and Entenmann’s, cops said.
Once in custody, he was linked to two earlier thefts — $673 worth of Enfamil on Oct. 17 and $591 of formula on Nov. 19, cops added.
He was charged with petit larceny and possession of stolen property, records state.
The Bronx
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A hit-run driver fatally struck a woman in Parkchester yesterday, police said.
The 22-year-old victim, Amanda Garcia, was hit at about 6:05 a.m. on Westchester Avenue near Olmstead Avenue, and died at the scene, cops said.
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The suspect pictured above is wanted in the robbery and sexual assault of a woman in Fordham Heights, police said.
An assailant approached the 19-year-old woman at about 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 26 in an apartment building on 184th Street near Walton Avenue.
He snatched her phone and grabbed her breast and crotch, cops said.
Police say the assailant is about 55 years old, 5-foot-5 and 160 pounds.
At the time of the assault, he was wearing a long, army-style green jacket and a cap bearing an NYC logo.
Brooklyn
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A burglar was nabbed after he left an umbrella in the Greenpoint home he robbed, enabling police to ID him via DNA, authorities said.
Jesus Torres, 30, was arrested Wednesday in connection with an Aug. 14 break-in on Calyer Street near Guernsey Street, according to court papers.
He allegedly snatched two bikes, a camera and a laptop computer, law-enforcement sources said.
Police forensics experts were able to match DNA from the umbrella to his on-file genetic information, authorities said.
He was charged with burglary, grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny.
Queens
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A gunman wounded two people in Rockaway Beach yesterday, police said.
The unknown assailant shot a woman in the right leg and a man in the butt at about 3:10 a.m. at Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 81st Street, cops said.
The victims were treated at Jamaica Hospital and were expected to survive.
It was not clear what sparked the violence, or who the intended target was.
No arrests have been made.
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