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Manhattan

A prolific bank robber — already linked to nine heists from Manhattan to Fordham in The Bronx — may be responsible for two more, sources said Tuesday.

The bandit began his spree on Jan. 25 by robbing a Chase Bank on Barclay Street in lower Manhattan, according to cops.

The suspect struck twice on Feb. 22, hitting a Popular Bank on the Lower East Side and a Capital One Bank on East 34th Street, police added.

The thief went on to rob banks in The Bronx, Gramercy and on Fifth Avenue, sources said.

Most recently, he’s been linked to heists at the HSBC on Park Avenue near East 33rd Street on April 10 and a Capital One Bank on West Broadway in Tribeca on April 19, police said.


A woman had her camera stolen while dining in Hell’s Kitchen, police said.

The 31-year-old victim placed a bag containing a $750 Nikon camera inside on a flower pot outside Adella NYC on West 43rd Street on May 23 at about 2 p.m.

She told cops that she made a call on her cellphone — and that the bag was gone when she went to retrieve the bag, it was gonit afterwards.


A man was gunned down near a public school in East Harlem, cops said.

Luis Figueroa, 22, was outside the Thomas Jefferson Houses on East 112th Street near Second Avenue in the vicinity of PS 102 on Monday at about 10 p.m. when he was shot in the leg and back, police said.

Emergency responders rushed Figueroa to Harlem Hospital, where he died from the gunshot wounds.


A girl pulled a knife on her twin sister during an argument in Chelsea, but accidentally cut a friend instead, sources said.

The fight broke out on June 4 around 7:30 a.m. June 4 inside an apartment on West 30th Street near Ninth Avenue, according to the sources.

Lizette Reyes, 17, was arguing with her twin and allegedly pulled a pocket knife on the girl, sources said. The friend threw herself between the warring sisters and was cut, sources said. She needed stitches on her forearm.

Reyes was charged with assault.

Queens

A 61-year-old woman fought off a teen would-be rapist, who was caught on video surveillance wearing a soccer jersey near the Jackson Heights attack, cops said.

The teen approached the victim on 71st Street and 41st Avenue on June 11 at about 10:45 p.m. — and punched her in the face and shoved her to the ground, police added.

The creep tried to rape the woman but she fought him off and he fled, cops said. The victim suffered minor injuries, authorities said.

The suspect is believed to be 17 years old, 5-foot-5, 165 pounds with brown eyes and short black hair. He was last seen walking north on 71st Street, wearing the blue soccer shirt with a red stripe, dark jeans and sneakers, cops said.


Two teenage thugs held up a woman at gunpoint in Woodhaven and slugged her in the face when she refused to hand over her iPhone, cops said.

The armed duo confronted the 27-year-old victim on 81st Street and 102nd Street last Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and demanded her phone, according to police.

When the woman refused to surrender her phone, the teen toughs punched her and snatched the device before bolting, police said.

The victim suffered cuts to her face, but refused medical attention, officials said.

The suspects are believed to be about 16 years old and between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-7.

They were caught on surveillance video running down the block.

Brooklyn

Police have nabbed a gunman who shot and killed a Fort Greene man outside his home in April, cops said.

Shaquille Upson shot Armal Mallory, 42, in the torso and head outside the Whitman Houses on April 14 at about 12:15 a.m., police said.

Mallory’s body was found on the ground and he was pronounced dead at the scene, cops said.

Upson, 20, was arrested Sunday afternoon in Fort Greene and later identified by a witness in a police lineup, cops said.

He was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.