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Queens

He’s a real life Duke of hazard.

A man named Royal Duke, 36, allegedly slashed his pal in the face with a razor in St. Albans when the man refused to return some cash he had borrowed.

Duke confronted the man on 114th Drive near Farmers Boulevard at 10:30 p.m. Friday and asked him to return cash he had borrowed, sources said.

When the man ignored him, Duke allegedly slashed him.

The victim needed stitches on his left cheek.

Police nabbed Duke Sunday, and charged him with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, said a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.

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A hotheaded patron flung a beer bottle at a female bartender right after she served him the suds at a Corona watering hole, authorities said yesterday.

Chacha Fausto, 40, allegedly chucked the 12-ounce Corona bottle at the woman’s face in a saloon on 39th Avenue near 103rd Street at about 4:45 p.m. Sunday. It was unclear why.

The victim’s busted lip needed eight stitches.

Fausto was arrested that day and charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

Bronx

Cops bagged a teen who allegedly mugged a woman for her purse in a subway station.

Ousman Darboe, 16, allegedly grabbed the purse at about 12:05 p.m. Sept. 5 in the B and D subway station on Fordham Road before fleeing.

“I snatched her purse, and it had $175 and an identification card inside it. I kept the money to buy clothes, but I threw out the wallet,” he confessed when collared Wednesday, according to sources.

He was charged with robbery, assault and grand larceny.

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A woman allegedly jumped a rival and left her quivering half-naked on a Mott Haven street.

Jacque Bambaia, 20, got into a dispute with the woman before allegedly knocking her to the ground with a blow to the head at 4:10 p.m. Monday on Willis Avenue near 141st Street.

She allegedly ripped off the victim’s shirt and bra before snatching her necklace.

The victim suffered bruises to her head, torso and back.

Police busted Bambaia on Tuesday, and charged her with robbery, assault and grand larceny.

Manhattan

He won’t be starring on “The Apprentice” anytime soon.

An enterprising thief stole items from an Upper East Side Duane Reade, and then tried to sell the pilfered goods to a bodega across the street, sources said.

Carlos Rosado allegedly stashed several items in a black plastic bag as he walked through the drugstore on First Avenue near East 76th Street at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Rosado, 38, then tried to make a buck by allegedly selling some of the hair gel he had snatched to the bodega.

Rosado, who has a prior shoplifting bust and was banned 10 times from Duane Reade over the past six years, was arrested for burglary.

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A man went berserk after getting nabbed for allegedly stealing two blazers and a pair of pants from Filene’s Basement on the Upper West Side.

Trent Jones, 28, twisted away from cops when they tried to arrest him at about 4:35 p.m. Sunday for allegedly swiping $1,175 worth of items from the store on Broadway near West 79th Street.

Officers eventually cuffed Jones’ wrists, and charged him with robbery, grand larceny and resisting arrest.

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Two bandits robbed a Stuyvesant Town deli, but were quickly caught, sources said.

“I’m going to give you a minute. Put the 20s in a bag. Don’t make me pull out my gun,” Michael Nunn allegedly threatened the counter worker in the deli on East 14th Street near First Avenue at 11:20 a.m. Monday.

Nunn, 26, appeared to have a gun poking out from inside the front pocket of his hoodie, the sources said.

He and Ernest Nesby, 21, then allegedly fled with $156, but were soon nabbed by cops, who discovered the stolen cash in Nesby’s jacket pocket, sources said. Both were charged with robbery.

Staten Island

A man vandalized a car belonging to his girlfriend’s sister, causing more than $7,000 in damage, authorities said.

At 11 p.m. Oct. 9, Ronald Littman slashed the tires, shattered the windshield and banged up the doors, bumper and trunk of the victim’s 2009 Honda Accord, which was parked in a lot near the corner of Forest and Jewett Avenues in Port Richmond, according to court papers.

It’s unclear what sparked his rage.

Littman, 28, was arrested Wednesday and charged with criminal mischief and auto stripping, said a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan.

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