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Parcel worker stole cell phone: Brown

MASPETH — A UPS worker from Brooklyn evidently forgot his company has lots of experience tracking items. He was charged with petit larceny after a UPS security officer caught him with a stolen cell phone, the Queens DA said.

The security officer determined that the T-Mobile cell phone had been missing from the company warehouse since Jan. 12, the DA said. The officer contacted the cell phone provider and learned the address the phone was listed to was the home of Dayquan Irwin, a 21-year-old truck loader at the warehouse, the DA’s office said.

The security officer located the phone in Irwin’s locker and Irwin owned up to the crime, the DA said.

Irwin was arraigned Jan. 20 and...

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Drunk driver nabbed in the Rockaways: Brown

ROCKAWAY BEACH — A Broad Channel woman was facing jail time after being caught driving drunk a second time, the Queens district attorney’s office said.

Boro man head-butted angel statue: Brown

WOODHAVEN — A South Ozone Park man was busted on suspicion of vandalism after head-butting another man’s cement angel sculpture, the Queens district attorney’s office said.

GPS burglar nabbed red-handed: Brown

ASTORIA — An Astoria man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after being caught with a stolen GPS navigation unit, the Queens district attorney’s office said.

Cabbie busted after giving false ID: Brown

CORONA — A Corona livery cab driver faced prison time after twice giving police false information about his identity, the Queens district attorney’s office said.

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