Manhattan
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A female gang member was gunned down at a Harlem housing project, authorities said.
Jayyidah Woodley, 32, was found in a lobby of a building at the King Tower Houses on Lenox Avenue at 11:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
She had been shot 12 times in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Woodley had a record of 12 arrests, including one for murder, and was a member of the Bloods, police sources said.
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A woman walking her dog in Washington Heights yesterday found the body of a woman that had washed up from the Hudson River.
The body of the 55-year-old woman was spotted on the rocks near West 165th Street at 8:30 a.m., just steps from where construction workers were working.
“I arrived early this morning and was doing some work when I heard a woman screaming,” said Donovan White, 50.
“She said, ‘Oh, my God, there is a body in the water! Help!’ ”
There were no signs of injuries, and the body was fully clothed.
The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Brooklyn
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A corrections captain was busted for DWI in East Flatbush, authorities said.
Jahaira Almodovar, 33, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition at 3:05 a.m. when she crashed into a telephone pole, cops said.
At first, she cooperated when cops tried to administer a Breathalyzer, but changed her mind and allegedly turned combative.
She later submitted to a test, and her blood-alcohol level was allegedly .22 — nearly three times the legal limit. She was hit with charges of DWI, reckless driving, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
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A man stole an acquaintance's wallet in a Bed-Stuy home, then attacked the victim when confronted about the theft, authorities said.
Jackie Moorer, 46, snatched the wallet off a counter in a Monroe Street brownstone at 12:10 a.m., Sunday, and walked off, court papers claim.
When the owner confronted Moorer about 15 minutes later, the suspect hit him in the face with an unknown object, leaving a gash that required sutures, the papers say.
Moorer was charged with petit larceny, assault, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, attempted assault and harassment, records show.
Queens
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Police are looking for two men who are wanted for a home invasion robbery in Long Island City, authorities said.
The thieves went into the home on 45th Avenue near 23rd Street at 1:50 a.m. Sunday, police said.
One flashed a gun and demanded the seven people inside fork over their belongings, police said.
They made off with cash, jewelry and cellphones, police said.
The suspect with the gun is in his late 40s, about 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds. The other is between 27 and 33 years old, 5-foot-9 and about 240 pounds.
No one was injured.
Staten Island
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A drunken driver was collared by FDNY fire marshals after he hit two cars in St. George, authorities said.
Lorenzo Garcia, 33, was zooming down Richmond Terrace in a Ford Windstar at 1:35 p.m. Sunday when he rear-ended a sedan and almost hit a pedestrian at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue, court papers say.
Garcia then sideswiped a fire marshal’s GMC Yukon further up Richmond Terrace, near Carroll Place, cops said.
Two marshals nabbed Garcia and held him for police.
His blood-alcohol level was .232, almost three times the legal limit of .08, court papers state.
Lorenzo, who had a suspended license, was busted for aggravated DWI, leaving the scene of an accident and reckless driving,
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A gunman robbed a man of his cellphone in Old Town, authorities said.
Jesus Marrero, 24, flashed his firearm at the victim at around 12:36 a.m. Jan. 4 and barked, “Run your pockets,” according to a criminal complaint.
Marrero then pistol-whipped the victim in the head and made off with his Samsung Galaxy III smartphone, cops said.
Marrero was apprehended in Oakwood, and officers found a 9mm gun stashed under the front seat of his Toyota Camry, according to cops.
He was charged with robbery, weapons possession and assault, records show.
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