Cops have nabbed a dim-witted ex-con they say assaulted, robbed and tried to rape a woman in Central Park by tracking the victim’s cellphone he stole, police sources said Thursday.

Forest Richardson, 26, was nabbed Wednesday afternoon after the iPhone he stole from his victim was tracked to his location in the Bronx, officials said. When questioned, he admitted to the Monday night robbery but not the sex assault on the 28-year-old victim, police sources said. Cops say Richardson grabbed the young Harlem woman, who was listening to music on her headphones, as she walked through Central Park along East Drive near 110th about 10:30 p.m, police said. Holding her in a bear hug, he said “Don’t scream or I will cut your throat,” as he dragged her away, pulled off her sweatshirt and T-shirt and rifled through her pockets, according to cops.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot in the head in a Queens apartment early Thursday morning, police said. Arnold Aguilar was found in an apartment on 97th St. near Jamaica Ave. in Woodhaven at about 12:47 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the head, according to cops. Aguilar was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he died from his wounds, officials said. No arrests have been made, police said Thursday morning.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

An ultra-nationalist Putin-ally says Americans must vote for Donald Trump this November — since voting for Hillary Clinton would set off “Hiroshimas and Nagasakis everywhere.”

Vladimir Zhirinovsky asserted Trump is the only candidate who could soothe relations between Moscow and Washington, spurring further suspicion about what financial ties the billionaire mogul might have in the eastern superpower. “Relations between Russia and the United States can’t get any worse,” Zhirinovsky told Reuters during an interview in Moscow. “Americans voting for a president on Nov. 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary it’s war. It will be a short movie.”(nydailynews.com)…[+]