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Staten Island

Cops are looking for a man who used a cloned credit card to buy more than $400 worth of games in New Dorp Beach.

The suspect walked into Game Stop on Hylan Boulevard at 4:10 p.m. May 2, allegedly made a $435 purchase with the duplicate card and walked out.


Manhattan

A thief plucked a woman’s purse from her baby’s stroller as she shopped in Chinatown.

The victim, a 31-year-old German national, was perusing the goods at the popular Pearl River Mart on Broadway at 5:20 p.m., Monday when she let the bag out of her sight for a few seconds, sources said.

When the woman looked back, her bag was gone. An employee later found it on the floor, but the victim’s passport, working papers, bank cards, $200 and 500 Swiss francs were gone.


A Brooklyn man was ripped off as he slept on the subway on his way home from work at a Hell’s Kitchen watering hole.

The 32-year-old victim left Rudy’s on Ninth Avenue and got onto a southbound 1 train at Seventh Avenue and West 40th Street at around 3:45 a.m., Friday.

He fell asleep with a backpack between his legs, and awoke at Varick and Canal streets to find his bag and cellphone were gone.

The victim couldn’t remember his password for the Find My iPhone app, and no arrests have been made.


A bar patron in the Financial District ducked outside for a smoke, then came back inside to find that his $1,500 laptop and other belongings had been stolen.

The 34-year-old victim was at Stout on John Street at around 8:15 p.m., Friday, when he stepped outside and left his $70 Swiss Army bag hanging on a hook beneath the bar.

When he returned to his seat, the bag was gone, along with his brand-new laptop and his $600 Phone.

Video showed a man walking in, snatching the bag and leaving unnoticed.

No arrests have been made.


Also in the Financial District, a woman’s purse was stolen as she dined, and she didn’t realize it until she had finished eating.

The 27-year-old woman, who lives on Staten Island, was at the Ulysses Folk House on Pearl Street on May 1 when, at about 8:30 p.m., she realized her bag had vanished, along with a $200 pair of gold and white Michael Kors sunglasses, her purse, cellphone charger, identification, keys and credit cards.

A possible suspect, who has yet to be caught, used several of her credit cards to rack up nearly $600 in unauthorized charges.


A sneaky thief walked into an exclusive men’s clothing store in Tribeca and walked out with an armful of fancy threads and accessories.

The man entered The Armoury on Duane Street at around 2:30 p.m. May 7, snatched two green Armani denim pieces worth $375 each, a leather tote, a watch, an umbrella and a magazine, sources said.

His total haul was worth about $1,500.


The Bronx

Police have released a photo of a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in Soundview over the weekend.

The killer opened fire on Xavier Logan, of Randall Avenue, at around 4:40 a.m. Sunday on Castle Hill Avenue near Gleason Avenue, cops said.

Logan was struck in the head and chest.

He was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect was described as being in his early 20s and between 6-feet and 6-foot-2 tall, with a thin frame.

He was last seen wearing a cap, a gray sweat shirt and blue sweat pants with a white stripe.


Brooklyn

An off-duty corrections officer was arrested after a street brawl in East Flatbush, police sources said on Wednesday.

Stephanie Charles, 34, got into an argument with a 25-year-old woman on East 42nd Street at around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.

The dispute escalated, and Charles allegedly assaulted the woman, who was an acquaintance.

He was charged with assault and menacing.

The woman suffered pain and swelling to her face and a cut to her wrist, but refused medical attention.


A teen stole a car as the driver was rushing a pal into Woodhull Hospital in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police sources said.

The victim was helping his injured buddy into the emergency room and left the engine of his 2005 Mercedes running near Throop and Park avenues at around 6:45 a.m. on May 10, the sources said.

Suddenly, Charlie Maldonado hopped in, took off, smashed the car and had to be taken to the hospital for his injuries, cops said.

He was arrested on a slew of charges, including grand larceny auto, reckless driving and pot possession.