Manhattan

Detectives are hunting for a thief who allegedly robbed one Manhattan bank and tried to knock off two others.

Djamil Aziz, 51, (pictured) first struck the Chase branch at 111 Eighth Ave. at around 11 a.m. March 29, police said. He allegedly passed a demand note, but fled with no cash.

On Saturday, he returned to the same branch and allegedly passed a note, but took it back and left without money.

Minutes later, he walked into the Chase branch at 233 Third Ave., passed a note and fled with cash, cops said, adding Aziz uses the alias John Amir.

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A knife-wielding thug threatened to kill a man in a Midtown apartment building, authorities said.

Peter Alamo, 46, allegedly approached the man in the hallway of the victim’s residence on West 55th Street near 10th Avenue at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and held a knife to his throat.

Alamo pushed the victim, whom he knows, into his apartment and snapped, “Give me the money or I’ll kill you,” according to court papers.

The suspect fled after the victim handed him $40.

Cops hunted down Alamo Thursday. He was charged with first-degree robbery and second-degree burglary.

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Two men were badly burned in TriBeCa yesterday when their food truck collided with a car and a propane tank in the truck exploded.

The accident took place at 3:13 p.m. on West Street near N. Moore Street.

The NYPD’s Hazmat unit was called in to remove four additional tanks from the Frites’N’Meats truck. Both men were taken to the New York Cornell Burn Unit, and were listed in stable condition.

Bronx

An accused money launderer was busted in Bronxdale after police stopped him and found $200,000 in the trunk of a livery cab, authorities said.

Cops spotted William Paulino, 33, allegedly placing a cardboard box containing stacks of cash that oddly had a strong smell of cocaine into the trunk of the cab at Holland Avenue and Pelham Parkway South last Wednesday.

When he was confronted, Paulino allegedly said he had been paid by an unidentified person to transport the cash to Manhattan.

Sources said police had been watching Paulino for some time, believing he was in possession of narcotics or drug money.

He was charged with money laundering.

Staten Island

An auxiliary officer — with a fake gun and badge — was busted for allegedly impersonating a cop while attending an event at the Coast Guard station in Rosebank.

John Piraino, 22, was at the station on Search Lane near Anchor Place at 10 a.m. Saturday when an officer spotted the “weapon” in his gun belt and asked him for ID.

Piraino, 22, blurted out, “I’m a police officer from Brooklyn South Counterterrorism unit, my tax number is 445263,” according to a spokesman for DA Dan Donovan.

Cops quickly discovered it was a fake identification number and realized the gun and badge were also phony, authorities said.

They also recovered a fake pistol from Piraino’s car, two gravity knives and a magazine containing nine 45mm rounds, cops said.

He was arrested for criminal impersonation, criminal possession of a weapon, and possession of an imitation pistol.

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A pipe-wielding thug was busted for attacking a man in Graniteville, authorities said.

Raymond Ortiz, 36, allegedly slugged the victim in the face on Decker Avenue near Forest Avenue at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Ortiz then grabbed a pipe and allegedly bashed him in the face.

Police were called and arrested Ortiz, who was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, assault and menacing.

Brooklyn

Three teens can now pose for their mug shots.

Raymond Elie-Pierre, 18, Bevon Joseph, 17, and Lavell Belfont, 18, were busted after they attacked two young men with a cane after trying to pose for photos with the victims’ girlfriends, cops said.

The trouble began at 12:58 a.m. Sunday, when the suspects tried to be photographed with the girlfriends of the two men on the L train platform at the Broadway Junction station in East New York.

After an argument, the trio allegedly beat the victims and whacked them with a cane.

Responding cops arrested the teens for assault. The victim suffered minor injuries.