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The Bronx

Two thugs stabbed a man in a University Heights restaurant during an argument over money, authorities said Sunday.

The men exchanged words with the 32-year-old victim inside the Pancho Villa Restaurant on Jerome Avenue near East 183rd Street at 10:10 p.m. Aug. 10, before the dispute turned violent, according to cops.

One of the thugs pictured above grabbed a sharp object, and stabbed and slashed the victim, police said.

The victim, who was also hit with a bottle during the fracas, was treated at St. Barnabas Hospital and released, officials said.


A creep followed a woman into the lobby of her Williamsbridge apartment building and snatched her purse, police said Sunday.

Surveillance video captured the thug trailing the 32-year-old victim into her building near East 221st Street at 4 a.m. Aug. 16, and violently grabbing her bag.

After a brief tussle, the crook (pictured above) fled with the purse, which contained $150, a credit card, and a Samsung Galaxy phone, according to authorities.

The man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s and about 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall, was wearing a dark shirt, dark shorts, and black-and-white sneakers.


Brooklyn

Three thugs shot a rival in the butt at a Fort Greene intersection, police said Sunday.

One of the trio hand­ed a gun to another at DeKalb and Clermont avenues at about 1:50 a.m. Aug. 15, cops said.

While the gunman waited outside, his pal and the third suspect walked into a building, authorities said.

Minutes later, a 47-year-old man walked out and the gun-toting attacker unloaded on him, police said.

Despite squeezing off several rounds, the shooter managed to hit the victim only once before leaping into a dark-colored Jeep SUV and speeding off, authorities said.

His two pals took off in a light-colored sedan.

The victim was taken to Brooklyn Hospital and listed in stable condition.


Manhattan

This offer was rotten to the (Apple) core.

Two crafty crooks offered to sell an iPhone to a man for just $150, but robbed the bargain-hunter at gunpoint when he showed up for the deal in an East Harlem housing complex, cops said Sunday.

The felonious entrepreneurs approached the 26-year-old victim with the offer at 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, and invited him to see the Apple smartphone at a building in the Taft Houses on Madison Avenue near East 115th Street, police said.

When the three got to the 19th floor of the building, one of the thugs pulled a gun and swiped $600 and the man’s Android phone before fleeing, authorities said.

The victim was unharmed.

One crook stands about 5-foot-7 and was wearing a backward baseball cap and a white T-shirt.

His accomplice is 5-foot-8 and wore a Mets baseball cap and a blue-and-orange Mets T-shirt.


Staten Island

An unscrupulous shopper went on a spending spree with a credit card the thief found in a wallet lost at an Elm Park department store, authorities said Sunday.

The victim misplaced his wallet while shopping at the Telco on Forest Avenue near Burnside Avenue at 5:30 p.m. July 9, and discovered later that night that his credit card had been used in several unauthorized transactions, according to cops.

Police said that the suspect continued to rack up charges on the card the next day at stores across the North Shore.

The crook, who has black hair and a slim build, was wearing a white T-shirt, black pants with white stripes running down the side, and dark sneakers, police said.