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Brooklyn

Police are on the hunt for a violent thief who snatched a necklace from a woman at a Coney Island bus stop, officials said.

The 54-year-old rider was waiting for the bus at Mermaid Avenue and West 31st Street on July 18 at about 1 p.m. when the suspect walked up to her and forcibly removed her necklace, causing her to fall and hit her face on the pavement, cops said.

The victim was taken to Coney Island Hospital for a cut to her head, according to police.

The thief is believed to be in his 30s, 5-foot-7 and 160 pounds.


An East Flatbush man was charged with murdering his roommate after stabbing him 11 times, police said.

Wade Swann, 31, of East 96th Street repeatedly plunged a knife into Enrique Galloway, 30, a little after 5 a.m., Monday following an argument, cops said.

Galloway was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, officials said.

Swann was immediately taken into custody at the scene, police said.

He was charged with murder and weapon possession, cops said Tuesday.


Police are looking for a gunman who shot a 41-year-old man in the head in East New York in a horrific incident caught on surveillance video.

The victim was standing in front of a bodega at Stanley and Van Siclen avenues with a small dog and another person Sunday at about 8:15 p.m. when the gunman walked briskly up the block with both hands stuffed in his front pockets, the video shows.

The thug pulled a firearm from his left pocket, aimed at the victim’s head and fired a single round, cops said.

The wounded man grabbed his face and took off running, the video shows.

He was taken to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition and is unable to talk to police, sources said.

The gunman is about 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds, with close-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and sneakers.

Staten Island

A Mariners Harbor man fired 13 shots from an assault rifle during a house party, authorities said Monday.

Kemahni Smalls, 22, told police he unloaded the shots from his AR 15 on Andros Avenue near Richmond Terrace on Sunday at about 1:15 a.m., a criminal complaint states.

He claimed he was standing by the DJ booth in his back yard and saw guests running outside saying someone was firing a gun.

Smalls went inside, grabbed his rifle from a black duffle bag, ran to the front of the house, and saw three guys running down the block, sources added.

Smalls opened fire, and 13 shell casings from a .223-caliber weapon were found in front of the home, court records state.

Police recovered an unspent round of .223-caliber ammunition from under Smalls’ sofa in the living room, 31 rounds from a duffle bag in his bedroom and another round from his dresser drawer.

Smalls was charged with possession of a weapon and ammunition.


A driver plowed into a cop who was trying to give her a summons for idling in Mariners Harbor, authorities said.

Jennifer Cumberbatch, 29, who works for the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, was listening to music in her car with the doors and windows open and the engine running on Grandview Avenue near Brabant Street on Saturday at about 11 p.m., a court complaint charges.

A uniformed police officer started writing her a summons for idling and unreasonable noise, and the irate driver said, “Just give me my summons!” records state.

She then threw her black 2007 Dodge Caliber into reverse, hitting the cop in the leg, causing pain, bruising, redness and swelling, authorities said.

Cumberbatch was charged with assault, reckless endangerment, obstructing governmental administration, disorderly conduct and engine idling.

Manhattan

A couple was beaten and robbed by two men while leaving a McDonald’s in the Garment District, police sources said.

The 31-year-old woman was attacked by a thug who hit her in the head and body on Eighth Avenue near West 35th Street on July 10 at about 7:45 a.m., cops said.

Her boyfriend intervened and a second suspect, Edgar Hernandez, 51, beat the beau over the head with a cane, police said.

The attackers then snatched a gold chain from the woman and fled toward 34th Street, cops added.

Hernandez was arrested five days later and charged with robbery.