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MANHATTAN

* A man was stabbed to death in front of his East Harlem home yesterday, police said.

Pedro Torres, 43, was knifed once in the chest during a fight with two people on East 121st Street at 10:56 a.m., cops said.

Torres was rushed to North General Hospital, where he died a short time later, authorities said.

According to police sources, Torres, whose death was allegedly drug-related, was able to finger as his attackers a husband-and-wife team, who were being questioned late yesterday afternoon.

* A Washington Heights teen was caught red-handed after he robbed a money-wiring business, police sources said yesterday.

Edwin Cortorreal, 19, was arrested after cops responding to a burglar alarm raced to Envios Dinero Money Transfer on St. Nicholas Avenue at 3:23 a.m. Tuesday, sources said.

Cortorreal, of West 186th Street, was spied wriggling out from under shop’s metal gate, authorities said.

* Two men were busted for gun possession on the Upper East Side, police said yesterday.

Windell Harris, of The Bronx, and Jason Wine, both 19, were pulled over by cops as they drove along East 80th Street at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, sources said.

It was not clear why police stopped the two, but cops found two loaded handguns in the car.

Both men are charged with weapons possession.

STATEN ISLAND

* A Manhattan man was arrested for stealing a duffel bag from a passenger at the St. George Staten Island Ferry terminal, authorities said yesterday.

Matthew Weiner, 35, tried to flee with a blue bag onto to a ferry about to depart shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday when cops stopped him.

Weiner was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny, law-enforcement sources said.

* A 57-year-old man was arrested after slamming his girlfriend into a glass picture frame in Arlington, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.

William Daniels allegedly pushed the woman, whose name is being withheld, during a fight inside 40 Holland Ave. at 5:05 p.m. on Monday, authorities said.

Daniels was charged with assault and harassment, sources said.

BROOKLYN

* A quick-thinking Parks Department employee who witnessed a mugging in Prospect Park yesterday helped cops nab the punk minutes after he fled, police said.

The violence unfolded at 12:40 p.m. when the mugger drew his knife and accosted a 21-year-old man, demanding money. The victim complied and was unhurt.

The mugger fled, unaware that the unidentified Parks worker had seen what happened and was following him while dialing 911.

Officer Leonard Sanders soon busted Jamal Stapleton, 24, not far from there the crime occurred. (lcf)

* Police yesterday identified a man found stabbed to death in a subway car in Coney Island.

Armando Castillo-Vasquez, 22, was lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound to the chest when he was found on an N train at the Stillwell Avenue station at 5 a.m. Sunday, cops said.

Castillo-Vasquez was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

It still not clear if Castillo-Vasquez was stabbed on the train or was knifed elsewhere and stumbled onto the subway.

THE BRONX

* Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a Morrisania teen missing for two days.

David Sosa (above), 15, was reported missing by his mother at 11 a.m. yesterday, cops said.

His worried mom told police she last saw her son at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at their Hoe Avenue home.

Sosa is 5-foot-10, 200 pounds with green eyes and black hair.

He was wearing a gray Avirez coat, ENYCE-brand blue jeans and white sneakers.

Authorities said Sosa is bipolar and is in need of medicine.

* Four gun-toting thugs attacked two brothers – shooting one of them – outside a Bedford Park building, police sources said yesterday.

The siblings were standing outside 2837 Grand Concourse when the four suspects approached at 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, sources said.

The quartet began arguing with the brothers and began assaulting them, police sources said.

The violence quickly escalated and one of the suspects, a 22-year-old man, whipped out a gun a fired two shots at the siblings, striking the 19-year-old in the left hip.

The thugs then fled and the injured teen was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.

* Police yesterday identified a bullet-riddled corpse found behind a Bedford Park apartment building.

The body of Jeffrey Thompson, 22, of Yonkers, was discovered by a passer-by behind 100 West Mosholu Parkway at 10:37 p.m. Monday, cops said.

Thompson had gunshot wounds to the head and upper torso.

QUEENS

* A Brooklyn man was arrested after he began screaming in a Flushing restaurant – and attacked cops who tried to escort him out, law-enforcement sources said.

Dwayne Gee, 23, allegedly began bellowing, swinging his arms and cursing at patrons and employees inside an eatery at 37-15 Main St. at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, authorities said.

When a cop walked over and asked him to leave, Gee refused and began spewing profanities at the officer, who summoned a second cop, law-enforcement sources said.

That enraged Gee, who punched and kicked the first cop, and contorted his body in attempts to avoid being handcuffed, authorities said.

Once the officers restrained him and tried to get him into their patrol car, he kicked his legs to stop them from closing the door, sources said.

Gee is charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, assault, disorderly conduct and harassment, according to a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.

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