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The Bronx

Three cops on their dinner break jumped into action after hearing an argument nearby and shot a man who pointed a gun at them, authorities said Sunday.

The cops were eating at the Sake II Restaurant on East 187th Street in Belmont at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday when they heard a fight outside, according to police.

When they went to investigate, they saw Jayson Ramos, 22, allegedly pointing a gun at three people. They ordered him to drop his weapon, but Ramos ran off instead, sources said.

The cops chased Ramos, and he allegedly pointed his gun at them on Beaumont Avenue. One of the cops shot Ramos in the left leg.

Ramos managed to run two more blocks before he was taken into custody, cops said. He was listed in stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital.


An off-duty MTA worker with at least eight prior arrests — including a drug bust in August — was nabbed over the weekend when cops spotted cocaine in his car after they pulled him over, authorities said.

Muck Mathurin, 41, who is listed on a public Web site of state employees as a train operator, was stopped by the police at about 9:35 p.m. Saturday near 168th Street and Third Avenue in Morrisania, a police source said.

It was unclear why he was stopped, but during the ensuing investigation, an officer spotted cocaine in his car, the source said.

When an officer tried to arrest him, Mathurin allegedly resisted being handcuffed, but he was eventually taken into custody.

He was busted in January 2013 for a suspended license and then in August on four drug charges: three for sale and one for possession.

An MTA spokesman could not confirm Mathurin’s job title or status.


A woman was knocked onto the stairs of a Fordham Heights subway station and then robbed by two teens, cops said.

The thugs approached the 30-year-old victim from behind at about 4:50 p.m. Feb. 12 at the 182nd-183rd Street station near the Grand Concourse, authorities said.

After she was pushed onto the stairs, the duo grabbed her iPhone and $70 in cash from her.


Staten Island

Two teens have been charged in a vicious crowbar attack in Manor Heights, authorities said.

Alfonso Smalls, 18, and Kraekwon Pierce, 18, allegedly attacked the 19-year-old victim with the crowbar at about 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in a home on Bradley Avenue near Holden Boulevard, gashing the top of his head and sending him to Richmond University Medical Center.

Pierce was arrested Feb. 10 and charged with assault and weapon possession, according to a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan. Smalls was arrested Feb. 24 and hit with similar charges, cops said.


A shoplifter was busted for stealing from the Target store in Heartland Village, authorities said.

Glen Hendry, 43, allegedly put $119.40 in merchandise in his pockets and walked out of the store without paying at about 1:10 p.m. Feb. 11.

Cops are investigating the death of a baby boy in Clinton Hill, authorities said.

The 2-month-old was discovered unconscious by his parents at about 7:54 a.m. Sunday in their Classon Avenue residence near Lafayette Avenue and pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital, cops said.

It does not appear that there is any criminality, but investigators are waiting for an autopsy by the medical examiner, sources said.


Brooklyn

A man was shot in the leg as he stood outside an apartment building in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The unidentified victim, believed to be in his 20s, was hit in the right thigh at around 2:56 p.m. in front of the Farragut Houses on York Street in Vinegar Hill, cops said.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, where he was listed in stable condition.


Manhattan

A North Carolina man choked a woman in the Bryant Park Hotel early Sunday, authorities said.

Bennie Wallace, 34, violated a North Carolina restraining order that the 40-year-old victim had taken out against him and attacked her at about 6 a.m. in the luxury hotel on West 40th Street, then tried to keep her from leaving her room, cops said.

Wallace allegedly then threw her onto the floor, causing her nose to bleed.

Cops arrested him on a slew of charges, including strangulation, unlawful imprisonment and criminal contempt.


A gun-toting thug robbed an Upper East Side drugstore of painkillers and impotence pills, police said.

The thug went into the Health Source Pharmacy on Second Avenue near 69th Street at 10:20 a.m. Saturday and demanded oxycodone, Viagra and Cialis, cops said.

A clerk gave him the drugs, and the thief ran off. Police said the robber is 6 feet tall and about 190 pounds.