Kiddie king of "crooks"

A baby - faced, 15 - year - old burglar with more than a dozen busts already under his belt is being eyed as an Oliver Twist - like thief who ransacked up to 25 more apartments, mostly in the West Village, The Post has learned.

Juan Gonzalez was arrested Friday nighttide in Queens - - toting along his 13 - year - old brother, authorities said. They were caught red - handed in Richmond Hill, a police source said.

The 150 - pound, 5 - foot - 7 Gonzalez was nailed for that robbery and 11 others in the same precinct, the source said. Add that to two previous busts, and he ' s up to 14 arrests.

It isn ' t just his recent burglary rap sheet that ' s stunning. Detectives said his first arrest was in 2005, when he was 11. His next followed in 2008.

" Instead of going to school, he learned how to be a burglar, " said Juan ' s stepgrandfather, José Vasquez, 56.

" Juan said they did all these burglaries for someone else, and the other guy would sell all these laptops they took and sell them, " Vasquez said.

Grandmother Gladys Gonzalez, 59, blamed the bad company her grandsons have kept.

" I chased one of these guys away with a knife once, " the grandmother said of an alleged " fence. "

The last time his grandmother saw Juan was two weeks ago, when he asked to borrow $40, relatives said.

" Juan lives on the street now, " Vasquez said. " He calls me on the phone, and says, ' I ' m OK. I love you, ' and hangs up. "

" I can ' t take all the sad stuff anymore, " Gladys Gonzalez said. " I hope they can turn their lives around. "