auto theft

The crime took place around 2 a.m. on Aug. 9 by Fox Street and Intervale Avenue, police said.

Michael Matusiak was shot to death while trying to stop a car theft near Knickerbocker Avenue.

Thefts of vehicles have increased by more than 120 percent over the past month, stats show.

The robbery happened last week on Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, officials said.

The victim was caused "annoyance and alarm," police said.

The thieves have been specifically targeting Hondas, said 42nd Precinct Deputy Inspector Steven Ortiz.

The woman blew a .229 on a blood-alcohol content test after she was caught with stolen cab, NYPD said.

Robberies were down 38 percent and burglaries were down 31 percent in the 103rd Precinct as of May 4.

Overall crime in the 112th Precinct decreased this year by almost 8 percent so far.

The thief told garage employees he was taking the car to an auto body shop.

A pair of men stole a DEP truck and crashed it into an Upper East Side building late Friday, police said.

A man stole a car on Jerome Avenue in The Bronx Saturday with a 3-year-old still inside the vehicle.

Overall serious crime ticked up 0.36 percent in 2011, the first increase since 1990.

DNAinfo's Crime & Safety Report found that areas such as East and West Harlem ranked safer for property crimes than the Upper East Side and SoHo.  

The Upper West Side has the lowest rate of car theft in the city, according to DNAinfo's new Crime & Safety Report.