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■ A Staten Island woman racked up more than $3,000 in fraudulent credit-card charges at two department stores, using a Dongan Hills resident’s name and Social Security number to obtain the plastic, cops said.

The suspect made several illegal purchases at Bloomingdale’s in Manhattan and a JCPenney in Brooklyn on Sept. 16, police said.

■ A woman was held up at gunpoint in her Elm Park home — by a man with whom she hooked up after they met at a bar, authorities said.

Derrick Kirk, 26, met the 25-year-old victim at a nightclub and they began an intimate relationship over the summer, but he suddenly pulled a handgun on the victim as she opened her apartment door on Bush Avenue near Forest Court at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 8, a Criminal Court complaint states.

He swiped cash from her wallet and fled with her cellphone, records state.

Kirk was arrested Wednesday and charged with robbery, burglary, petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

 The Bronx

■ Two men were injured, one critically, in a drive-by shooting in Eastchester, ­police said.

The victims, both 24, were at Burke and Eastchester ­avenues at about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday when an SUV drove past and someone inside started shooting, ­according to cops.

One of the victims was shot once in the head and once in the leg, and his pal took a bullet to the leg, ­authorities said.

The man shot in the head was in critical condition while his friend was listed as stable, authorities said.

The shooter fled in the SUV, which sped off on Burke Avenue toward Gun Hill Road, according to ­authorities.

Investigators believe the victims were targeted but the motive was unclear and police had no suspect ­descriptions as of Thursday night.

 

Brooklyn

■ A teen was duped out of his gold chain in Williamsburg after a thief told him to hold a bag of cash and asked for the bling as collateral, police said.

The suspect, believed to be in his 50s, approached the naive 16-year-old boy at Graham Avenue and Grand Street at about 4:20 p.m. last Friday and asked him to hold the bag that he claimed contained $3,500, authorities said.

The conniving crook said he had to go to Manhattan and asked for the jewelry as a guarantee he would get his cash back, police said.

He also promised to let the teen keep $100 upon his return, cops added.

The teen waited about an hour before looking in the bag and finding no money, and came to the realization that he had been scammed, according to police.

■ Two suspects used a debit card stolen in Brownsville to buy nearly $650 worth of iTunes debit cards, police said.

The 34-year-old victim’s card was used at Target on Gateway Drive in East New York at about 1 p.m. on
Oct. 1, cops said.

The thieves’ images were seen on surveillance video as they racked up $645.75 in purchases, police said.

■ A suspected robber turned himself in for allegedly taking part in the brutal Crown Heights beating of a woman that was seen on video, sources said.

Kiah Morain, 24, walked into a Manhattan police station house with his mom at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to police sources.

Morain is one of three suspects who police believe brutally beat and robbed a 21-year-old woman on Franklin Avenue near Prospect Place at about 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 2, cops said.

The thugs stole her bag containing her cellphone, ATM card and $5, police said.

 Manhattan

■ A Chelsea club-goer who reported his $25,000 watch stolen after bringing a hottie home remembers just a few features about the woman who fled while he slept — she was thin with long hair and wore high heels.

The 25-year-old victim took the gal to his pad ­after a night of partying and she left at about 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 15, sources said.

He awoke at 11 a.m. and discovered that his Audemars Piguet watch and $400 — and the gal — were gone, sources added.

The suspect is about ­5-foot-4 and 100 pounds.

■ A “spirited” partier who left a Meatpacking District bar with four new pals was taken for a ride in their BMW, but when he realized his valuables were missing, they gave him the boot, sources said.

The 27-year-old victim met the four suspects in the Brass Monkey on Little West 12th Street and got into a BMW sedan with them at about 4 a.m. on
Oct. 11, sources said.

After about 30 minutes, the victim realized his phone and wallet were missing, sources added.

He confronted his “pals” about his missing valuables and they kicked him to the curb — but he told cops he was too drunk to remember where.

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