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Manhattan

A man caught on video surveillance is wanted for withdrawing money with a bogus bank card from ATMs in Chinatown and Staten Island, cops said.

The suspect withdrew $480 from a Northfield Bank on Hylan Boulevard in Grasmere on March 22 at about 2:10 a.m., cops said.

A half hour later, he withdrew the same amount from a nearby Santander Bank on Hylan Boulevard, cops said.

The following day, he withdrew $500 from a TD Bank ATM on Canal and Lafayette streets in Chinatown around midnight, police said.

The suspect has a goatee and is 5-foot-8. He was spotted in a fitted baseball cap at the TD Bank.


A taxi driver swiped cash and a cellphone from a female passenger who had him stop off at an ATM in Hell’s Kitchen on her way home, police sources said Tuesday.

The 6-foot, 200-pound hack picked up the 34-year-old woman at JFK Airport on June 2 and drove her into Manhattan at about 8:15 p.m., sources said.

The woman asked the driver to stop at an ATM on West 42nd Street and Tenth Avenue, where she retrieved money and got back inside the cab, sources said.

When she returned home, she realized her Samsung phone and $100 in cash were stolen from her purse.

Police were searching for the crooked cabby.


Thieves made off with $31,000 worth of wire from a Midtown construction site, police sources said.

The burglars slipped inside the worksite at West 34th Street and Tenth Avenue between May 19 and June 2 and grabbed 16 reels of wire, sources said.


Detectives on Tuesday were hunting for a crook who stole two pricey watches from a Chelsea office building, police sources said.

The thief broke into an equipment room at 601 W. 26th St. and took two Hermes watches between May 8 and May 25 , sources said.

Queens

A 28-year-old woman was in custody Tuesday for allegedly slashing a teenager with a pair of scissors in Jamaica, cops said.

The suspect fought with the 16-year-old girl on 164th Street and 84th Drive around 2:10 p.m., cops said.

The woman used scissors to stab the teen in the back and slash her across the face, cops said.

The victim was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where she was in stable condition.

Police were called and quickly grabbed the suspect. Charges were pending against the woman.

The Bronx

A fiancé kicked his soon-to-be bride in the face and tried to hit her with a broomstick during a beat-down in Tremont, authorities said.

Darren Coleman, 46, attacked the woman inside an apartment on Washington Avenue around 1 a.m., Sunday, a Criminal Court complaint charges.

He threw her to the ground, punched her, kicked her in the face and tried to strike her with the broomstick, records state.

Although she was already badly beaten and bruised, with a split lip and cut nose, the victim managed to grab the broomstick and escape, documents state.

Coleman was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing and harassment.


A man who snatched a $20 bill from a woman in Tremont ran straight into cops when the feisty victim chased after him, authorities said.

Mustapha Barrie, 19, grabbed the cash from the woman’s hand on the corner of East 169th Street and Prospect Avenue on Saturday at about 1:40 a.m., a Criminal Court complaint charges.

The woman ran after the thief, who then turned around and punched her in the face, records state.

The victim ducked a second punch and continued chasing him, shouting “Get him! Get him!” until the pair encountered a marked police car and cops jumped out to help, documents state.

Barrie flailed his arms and tried to resist arrest, the complaint says.

He was charged with robbery, assault, grand larceny, petit larceny, resisting arrest, possession of stolen property, menacing, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Staten Island

A shopper was busted for having a loaded gun in a Home Depot in Annadale, a Criminal Court complaint states.

Frank Demattia, 47, was seen on surveillance video pushing a shopping cart with the gun in the store on Amboy Road and Stecher Street on April 13 at about 11:50 a.m., the complaint states.

He left the .32-caliber Smith and Wesson unattended in a bag in the store, and cops tracked him down using the video.

“It was my gun. I found it on the street,” Demattia allegedly told cops.

He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition.