Manhattan
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Police busted a Brooklyn thug for a series of robberies in Chelsea and Gramercy.
Duwayne Bascom, 30, of East New York, was arrested yesterday for allegedly working with an accomplice to hold up shops in seven robberies since Oct. 28.
In the most recent theft, on Nov. 30, Bascom and an accomplice took cash from a sandwich shop on Broadway near 17th Street.
Bascom was charged with robbery. Cops are still searching for his partner in crime.
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A teen gang-banger was arrested for shooting an innocent bystander in Harlem over the weekend.
Troy Folk, 16, a member of the “FSU” crew, accidentally shot the 40-year-old victim in the abdomen at around 5 p.m. Sunday while firing a .38-caliber gun at gang rivals chasing him near Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 116th Street, cops said.
The woman was admitted to St. Luke’s Hospital.
Troy was arrested Monday for allegedly trespassing at the St. Nicholas Houses on West 129th Street and was quickly linked to the shooting, cops said.
Investigators recovered Troy’s silver firearm, cops added.
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A 28-year-old man was ambushed and shot dead in a stairwell at an East Harlem housing project, cops said.
Aaron Collins stepped out of his apartment at the Wilson Houses on East 105th Street near First Avenue just before 9 p.m. Monday and was shot in the torso, cops said.
Collins was apparently set up and targeted, cops said.
Moments earlier, he had gotten a phone call telling him to meet people at that location, cops added.
Collins, who had six prior arrests, was pronounced dead at Metropolitan Hospital.
Staten Island
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A crook snatched a debit card from a car in Travis and went on a spending spree, police said.
The card was taken sometime between 6 p.m. on Nov. 27 and 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 28 from a parked vehicle at Signs Road and Richmond Avenue.
The card was then used to make several purchases at Walgreens.
The suspect is described as 5-foot-9 to 6 feet tall, and 180 pounds.
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Police are looking for two people who allegedly shoplifted items from a CVS pharmacy in New Springville, cops said.
They boosted items from the beauty section of the drug store at 2465 Richmond Ave. at around 1 p.m. Friday, cops said.
Queens
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A self-described member of the Latin Kings gang stabbed a foe during a violent home invasion in Jackson Heights, authorities said.
Kelvin Guzman, 16, was among the group of eight hoodlums who barged into the residence on 95th Street near 31st Avenue at 1:20 p.m. on Dec. 2 and slashed the victim on the arms, hands and head, court papers state.
It’s unclear what sparked the bloodshed.
The victim was treated at a local hospital and Guzman, who was identified by witnesses, was picked up the next day on charges of burglary, assault and weapons possession, said a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.
Guzman allegedly confessed to participating in the gang assault.
The Bronx
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The bullet-riddled body of a 48-year-old man was found in a minivan in Edenwald, police said.
Cops discovered the body at around noon Monday in a Toyota Sienna that had been ditched at Duryea and Strang avenues.
Cops said two masked gunmen had carjacked the minivan earlier in the day.
Two occupants were yanked from the vehicle, but the carjackers drove off with the third occupant, a man from Virginia.
The carjackers eventually fled the vehicle, leaving the man mortally wounded inside.
The investigation is ongoing, but detectives believe the victim knew his killers.
Brooklyn
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A Williamsburg woman was robbed by a man she met at a bar, cops said.
The 30-year-old victim and Michael Nazario, 27, were downing drinks at an undisclosed watering hole on Nov. 22 when the victim invited Nazario back to her high-rise apartment building on South Fourth Street near Roebling Street, cops said.
At some point, the victim asked Nazario to leave, and he allegedly refused.
The dispute escalated and Nazario grabbed the victim’s laptop computer and fled, cops said.
Nazario was arrested on Dec. 7 after the victim spotted him at the bar where they first met and called 911, cops added.
