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Manhattan

That’s some wake-up call.

A well-dressed bandit sporting a crooked black wig and a fake mustache robbed two Sleepy’s mattress workers at gunpoint, police sources said.

The unidentified thief, in his 40s, was wearing dark slacks, a black tie and a gray blazer. He allegedly pointed a revolver at one worker in the store on Church Street near Warren Street last Friday.

“Do what I say and you don’t get hurt. I don’t want to shoot you,” he snarled.

He swiped $1,300, a laptop and a $12,000 Panerai watch from the worker. He then bound the victim’s hands with metal zip ties, taped his ankles together and covered his face with a pillow.

He also tied up another worker returning from a bank drop and took his money, police sources said.

A customer found the employees and called 911. No one was seriously injured.

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A thief snatched money from an elderly woman’s hand as she left a Union Square bank, police sources said.

Harold McNamara, 45, allegedly held the door open for the 73-year-old victim as she walked inside the Apple bank on Irving Place near 14th Street last Wednesday night.

After she withdrew $200 from an ATM, McNamara swiped the money and ran off. Officers caught McNamara Saturday when he was picked up for an unrelated burglary.

They showed him surveillance video of the bank incident and he freely admitted, “That’s me, that’s me. I did it.”

He said he used the money for a crack fix, police sources said.

McNamara was charged with robbery and grand larceny.

Bronx

A man with an arrest record for drugs was shot dead in a barrage of gunfire in Throggs Neck, law-enforcement sources said.

Marc Spruell, 28, was at the Throggs Neck Houses on Dewey Street near Swinton Avenue when he was struck 10 times in the chest and leg at 12:38 a.m. Sunday, police source said.

Police were called and rushed the victim to Jacobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Brooklyn

A Jewish man was charged with a hate crime after he pummeled an Arab man and keyed his wife’s car in Mill Basin, authorities said.

Simchon Schwartz, 46, shook up a can of beer and sprayed it over the woman outside her home on East 70 Street near Avenue L at 7 p.m. Saturday, police sources said.

When the victim’s husband intervened, Schwartz allegedly slugged him in the face and screamed, “What did you say, you f- – king Arab.”

The frightened couple took shelter in a neighbor’s home. Responding police hauled the hate-spewing suspect to jail.

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A crook wielding a butcher knife stole $1,300 from an East New York Burger King, police sources said.

The thief pulled out the knife when he confronted a female worker on Linden Boulevard near New Jersey Avenue at 8:33 a.m. Sunday.

Once inside, he threatened a manager and demanded money from a safe. The manager turned over the cash from the safe, and the perp fled.

Queens

Now Mets fans are taking their anger out on police.

A foul-mouthed baseball fan attacked a police officer at Citi Field, authorities said yesterday.

Joseph Casale, 19, allegedly caused a ruckus in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 19.

After a police officer approached him, Casale barked, “F- – k you, I’ll

f- – k you up. I’m not going to calm down,” according to a spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown.

The irate teen allegedly knocked the cop down and punched him. Other officers rushed to the aid of the injured cop and slapped cuffs on Casale.

He was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.

Staten Island

Police busted two thugs after they brutally beat and robbed a man in Stapleton, police said.

Anthony Suazo, 20, and Benjamin Bermudez, 21, jumped the victim on Beach Street near Van Duzer Street at 4:08 a.m. Saturday, said a spokesman for Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan.

The duo allegedly pummeled the victim, knocking him to the ground. They then rifled through his pockets and fled with his wallet.

Cops spotted the robbers nearby with fresh blood on their sneakers and hands and arrested the suspects on charges of robbery and assault.

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This guy kicked off his Fourth of July party too early.

Jason Rodriguez, 26, was nabbed Sunday night for illegally setting off fireworks in front of his Great Kills home on Demopolis Avenue, according to a spokesman for the Staten Island DA.

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