Daily Blotter

The Bronx

■ A conniving driver cruising through the South Bronx used the ruse of being lost to drive off with a woman’s iPhone, authorities said.

Anisha Wilson, 22, was driving a red Mustang in front of Lincoln Hospital on East 149th Street at around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 24 when she put down a car window and asked a passerby for directions, a Criminal Court complaint alleges.

When the victim started describing a route, Wilson said she couldn’t hear well and asked the victim to come closer, court rec­ords state.

The woman leaned into the car and Wilson snatched an iPhone and sped off, court papers show.

“I took the phone from her and I took advantage of the opportunity,” Wilson allegedly admitted, adding, “I just took off.”

■ An irate deli worker socked his boss in the face after being told to leave the Morrisania store, authorities said.

Ralphy Colon, 19, was working in the bodega on East 163rd Street near Trinton Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. last Saturday when he was kicked out and refused to leave, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The disgruntled employee punched his boss in the nose, snatched the victim’s hat and left, rec­ords show.

Colon was charged with burglary, robbery, assault, grand larceny, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, trespass and harassment.

■ A man shoved the face of his child’s mother in a toilet after hitting and berating her in front of the crying toddler in Kingsbridge, authorities said.

Omar Masoud, 25, began yelling at the victim in their home on Kingsbridge Avenue at around 9 a.m. last Saturday, while the baby cried nearby, a Criminal Court complaint states.

He punched and slapped the woman in the face and midsection until she fell, and he shouted, “Look what you made me do,” ­records state.

Masoud grabbed the victim’s hair, shoved her face in the toilet and demanded to use her cellphone, court papers allege.

When the victim refused to turn over her phone, Masoud allegedly gave her a bloody nose and snatched the device, then grabbed the victim when she tried to climb out a second-story window to escape, documents show.

He then broke a broom handle over the woman and threatened to stab her while their 2-year-old boy was crying nearby, officials said.

Masoud was charged with menacing, assault, endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful imprisonment and weapon possession.

Staten Island

■ A thief who scaled a fence and burglarized a Dongan Hills pharmacy was busted more than two years later due to a fingerprint he had left behind, authorities said.

Ronald Dowd, 45, broke into the pharmacy on Richmond Road and trashed the place sometime between 7 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2011 and the following day, a Criminal Court complaint states.

He got away with it until a fingerprint he left at the scene matched one in a database this year, records show.

He was busted Wednesday and charged with burglary, criminal mischief and trespass.

■ A city schools employee was busted for scamming the government out of nearly $ 19,000 in food stamps while she had a job and lived with her husband in Heartland Corners, authorities said.

Awilda LaRosa, aka Figueroa, 47, applied for public assistance and recertified three times without informing social-service workers that she had a job and lived with her husband, law-enforcement sources said.

She received $ 18,751 from December 2009 through March 2013, a Criminal Court complaint alleges.

She was arrested this week and charged with welfare fraud, grand larceny, petit larceny and falsifying business records, according to a spokesman for Richmond County District Attorney Daniel Donovan.

Brooklyn

■ A 14-year-old was shot on a street in East New York, authorities said.

An unknown gunman opened fire on the victim in front of 760 Eldert Lane at around 5:15 p.m. Thursday, police said.

The teen was rushed to Brookdale Hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper left thigh and is expected to survive.

No arrests have been made and police have not yet determined a motive in the shooting.

Cops are looking for a suspect who was wearing a red jacket embroidered with the words “New ­Religion.”

Queens

■ A worker was hit by a stray bullet inside a Jamaica pizza joint after a gunman opened fire outside, police said.

The victim was struck in the arm inside Sutphin Pizzeria at Sutphin Boulevard and 109th Street at around 1:05 p.m. Friday.

He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The victim was not the intended target and no other injuries were reported.

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