Author: NY Daily News

No good deed goes unpunished. A straphanger nudged a fellow commuter awake to keep his phone from getting stolen aboard a Manhattan Q train — only to get whacked with a cane for his trouble — according to cops. Police on Monday shared surveillance footage of the wheelchair-bound belligerent they say attacked the good Samaritan…

Cops are hunting a sicko wanted for an outrageous series of gropings targeting women in southern Brooklyn. Police say the creep pictured in surveillance footage released Monday assaulted four women in less than two hours on Wednesday. The groper kicked off his spree on 19th Ave. near Benson Ave. at 7:40 p.m. when he grabbed…

Investigators have identified two men suspected of shooting a 5-year-old girl in the back outside a Bronx memorial held for another victim of gun violence. Bronx residents Austin Morrishow, 25, and Curtis White, 26, were amid the group gathered Friday at E. 214th St. and Holland Ave to memorialize shooting victim Justin Rodriguez when the…

Cops working overtime to get menacing guns off the street said Monday that they are disturbed by a frustrating trend — the shooters are getting younger, and so are the victims. Even with violent crime subsiding, more weapons being seized and more felons being arrested on gun charges, NYPD officials say the deadly youth component…

The family of a 15-year-old Harlem teen gunned down in Riverbank State Park breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after state police announced his alleged killer had been arrested. “We’re very much relieved,” Emily Tejada, cousin of slain teen Wesley Vasquez, told the Daily News. “We want to get justice for Wesley.” Anibal Cruz,…

New Yorkers could be battling stifling air and possible thunderstorms while celebrating or traveling for Independence Day on Tuesday. The National Weather Service predicts a 50% chance of rain and storms from the afternoon through the evening on July 4. “Showers and locally heavy thunderstorms may be a problem for outdoor activities as far north…

Two passengers in a Hyundai Elantra were killed early Monday when their car and a Jeep collided in a Washington Heights intersection, police said. Three other people in the Elantra are fighting for their lives after the blistering 6:30 a.m. crash at Audubon Ave. and W. 179th St., just a few feet from the entrance…

Family of the Brooklyn man gunned down for stealing his ex-girlfriend’s cellphone said they warned him to stay away from his ex. “I told him to stay away from her, because of the arguments and the fights,” Dennis Morgan Sr., father of the victim, told the Daily News on Monday. “You can’t get along with…

A homeless man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a young woman during a bold daylight attack on a Queens street, police said Monday. Kevin Campos, 28, was taken into custody a few hours after police released surveillance footage of the suspect fleeing the scene of the Saturday afternoon assault near 27th St. and 30th…

Seven people — including a 12-year-old girl struck by a stray bullet — were wounded in a pair of Bronx shootings just a mile apart, police said Monday. The bloodshed began when a barrage of bullets was fired at a group of people on Eastburn Ave. and E. 175th St. in Mount Hope around 9:45…