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Police are looking for two thugs who mugged a 13-year-old boy at a subway station in Kingsbridge Heights.

The duo, ages 15 to 17, grabbed the boy from behind as he walked into the Kingsbridge Road stop near Jerome Avenue on June 18 at 5:30 p.m., cops said.

One grabbed the victim by the neck and put him a chokehold, while a cohort allegedly grabbed his phone.

One suspect is described as Hispanic with a dark complexion and short braided black hair. He was wearing a white T-shirt and black sneakers.

His accomplice is described as a dark-skinned Hispanic wearing a blue Aéropostale T-shirt.

Manhattan

A Harlem mom was busted after she left her 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter unattended at a Midtown church while she interviewed for a job at Victoria’s Secret, police said.

The kids were discovered by a custodian at St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue near 53rd Street at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

After her interview at the lingerie emporium a block away, Excelia Philbert, 22, returned to the church at 7:20 p.m. and found cops waiting for her, sources said.

She was busted on charges of child endangerment, said a spokesman for DA Cyrus Vance Jr.

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A callous crook who mugged an 85-year-old woman for the gold crucifix around her neck was nabbed in East Harlem, police sources said.

Arnel Munoz, 35, allegedly tackled the frail victim walking with a cane along East 121st Street near Lexington Avenue on June 5 at 11:15 p.m.

Surveillance tape shows a mustachioed man in running shorts tossing the octogenarian to the ground and trying to yank a handbag away before fleeing.

A gold necklace was recovered at the scene but the crucifix has not been found. The victim was taken to North General Hospital with scrapes and bruises.

Munoz, a career criminal with several drug and burglary arrests, was slapped with robbery and grand-larceny charges.

Brooklyn

A man barely escaped with his life after being attacked by a gang of thugs, cops said.

The 27-year-old victim was walking along Liberty Avenue near Stone Avenue at 4 p.m. Thursday when, authorities said, Linda Carasquillo, 53, spotted him and shouted “Kill this motherf—er! He owes me money!”

She and several males held him down as Carlos Guija, 33, beat him with a bat, sources said.

Carasquillo and Guija were arrested, along with Gonzalo Solier, 21, and Luis Garmendia, 32, on gang-assault charges, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.

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Cops are on the hunt for a gunman who killed a neighbor in East Flatbush.

The two men were arguing at noon Thursday in an apartment building on East 95th Street near East New York Avenue, police said.

One walked away, returned moments later with a gun and shot the 24-year-old victim, police said.

Queens

A bonehead dad was busted for setting off illegal fireworks in Corona with his daughter in tow, police said.

Johnny Vargas, 34, was discharging fireworks in front of spectators at 97th Street and 45th Avenue at 10:10 p.m. Sunday as he held his daughter by the hand, cops said.

At one point, the fired-up father even let his daughter hold a Roman candle, authorities said.

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A shoplifter clobbered a Jamaica department-store employee who had grabbed him, police said.

Dulsey Robinson, 50, casually walked out of a Conway store on Jamaica Avenue near 160th Street Monday at 11:15 a.m. after snatching chocolate and a toy, sources said.

An employee chased him outside, where the suspect bashed him over the head, cops said.

Robinson was soon arrested, police said.

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A brute was busted for assaulting his teen girlfriend in Far Rockaway, authorities said.

On Monday, Patrick McKenzie, 20, punched his 16-year-old girlfriend twice in the face, cops said.

He also yanked her hair and dragged her into his home on Ocean Crest Boulevard near Bay 32nd Street, police said.

Staten Island

A thief sitting in a stolen car in Port Richmond lamely told cops a “friend” had let him use the vehicle, authorities said.

Edward Lagree, 35, was in a Dodge Neon at Castleton and Treadwell avenues at noon Thursday when cops recognized the vehicle.

The car had been reported stolen Monday, police said.

Lagree told police a pal had given him the vehicle, but the suspect didn’t have the registration or ID, sources said.

He was charged with grand larceny, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.

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