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The Bronx

Police have arrested the brute who beat up an MTA bus driver in Fairmont-Claremont Village, authorities said.

The 53-year-old driver of the BX36 bus stopped to pick up riders at Bryant Avenue and East 174th Street at about 8 p.m. on Jan. 13.

As a mother and child tried to get on the bus, the driver accidentally closed the door on them, sparking an argument between the driver and Dennis Buie, 20, police said.

Buie socked the driver in the face and fled, according to cops.

He was arrested and charged with assault and harassment, cops said.


A disabled man was shot dead inside a Morrisania apartment building, authorities said.

Darin Capehart, 25, was gunned down when three men walked into the lobby of the building at the Forest Houses on East 166th Street at around 9 p.m. Friday and started blasting, cops said.

Capehart, who suffered from spina bifida, was shot several times in the torso and died, cops said.

His 26-year-old friend was shot in the legs and back and was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

The gunmen fled and are being sought by police.


Two women stole more than $1,300 worth of cosmetics and computer-printer ink from a Morris Heights drugstore, authorities said.

The women walked into the Rite Aid on Featherbed Lane at around 5:30 p.m. Jan 22 before walking around the aisles and snatching makeup supplies and several cartridges of the expensive printer ink, cops said.

Both women are believed to be in their 20s, with one wearing a gray baseball cap, black jacket and blue jeans. The other thief was wearing a black ski hat, black ski jacket and blue jeans.


Queens

A heartless thug shot a man after robbing him in South Jamaica, authorities said.

The victim was walking on Rockaway Boulevard near 140th Street at around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 18 when the shooter (above) approached him with a gun and demanded cash, cops said.

The victim complied, but the thief still shot him in the torso before fleeing, cops said.

The wounded man was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was treated and released.


Manhattan

Police have identified one of the three people who slashed a man’s face during a random, brutal assault in East Harlem, authorities said.

Brandon Senquiz, 18, and two accomplices approached the 43-year-old victim in front of PS 102 on East 113th Street at around 4 a.m. Jan. 22, and one asked him for the time, according to police.

When the unsuspecting man looked down at his watch, one of the thugs slashed him in the face with a sharp object and ran, cops said.

The victim was treated for minor injuries at Mount Sinai Hospital.

The two unapprehended thugs are believed to be in their late 20s and were wearing ski caps at the time of the attack.


Brooklyn

This thief is wanted for preying on women in Manhattan Beach and Coney Island, authorities said.

The man first struck at around 3 p.m. Jan. 21, when he approached a 61-year-old woman at Brighton 12th Street and Neptune Avenue and ripped her purse from her hands, cops said.

The thug then robbed a 75-year-old woman at Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton Third Street at around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 24, cops said, again stealing that victim’s purse.

The next day at around 9 p.m., he robbed a 61-year-old woman near Neptune Avenue and Brighton Third Street, cops said.

The most recent robbery took place at around noon Jan. 29, when the thief stole a 77-year-old woman’s purse at Brighton Second Street and Brighton Second Lane.