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The thugs pictured above are wanted for the beating death of a man in Jamaica, police said.

The thugs pictured above are wanted for the beating death of a man in Jamaica, police said.

Manhattan

The two hoods pictured are wanted for the armed robbery of a Duane Reade on the Lower East Side, police said.

One of the suspects fired a single shot at a cashier in the drugstore at 100 Delancey St. at around 11 p.m. Friday when the woman refused to fork over dough.

The bullet missed, leaving the woman unharmed, and the perps ran off.

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An ex-con scored jewelry, cash and electronics during a crime spree that targeted Chelsea, Murray Hill and Midtown, authorities said.

José Colon, 50, first struck May 2, removing a $7,500 Cartier watch, a debit card and $80 from an apartment at 465 W. 23rd St., court records show.

He struck again the next day, swiping eight pieces of jewelry worth more than $3,000 from a pad at 140 E. 40th St., cops said.

Then, on June 9, he made off with two credit cards, a laptop computer, an iPad and three watches valued at $100 from an apartment at 363 W. 30th St., according to the court papers.

Colon was collared Saturday on a slew of grand- larceny and stolen-property-possession charges.

Records show he served five stints in state prison for a variety of similar crimes, including attempted robbery.

Brooklyn

A security guard had a leg up on a shoplifter he caught stealing 45 pairs of leggings from a GAP in Midwood, authorities said yesterday.

In addition to the skin-tight garments, Dushan Pierce, 34, swiped 86 tank tops from the store at Kings Plaza, near East 15th Street, at around 1:40 p.m. Sunday, cops said.

The guard spotted the thefts on video surveillance and stopped Pierce as he was fleeing with nearly $1,700 in merchandise, cops said.

The suspect was arrested and charged with grand larceny.

Queens

The thugs pictured are wanted for the beating death of a man in Jamaica, police said.

George Ayala, 35, was found with severe head trauma on 161st Street near 89th Avenue at 10:50 p.m. June 10, cops said.

He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he died Saturday.

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A man illegally riding an ATV in Lindenwood was killed when he lost control and crashed, police said.

Jesus Hernandez, 27, was going north on 77th Street near 155th Avenue at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday when he slammed into a curb and was ejected from the vehicle, police added.

He was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.

Staten Island

An enraged woman vandalized her neighbor’s Cadillac sedan, Harley-Davidson motorcycle and home with orange spray paint following a verbal dispute in Arden Heights, authorities said.

“I hate you,” Denise Dunn, 47, of Perkiomen Avenue, allegedly scrawled on the hood of the victim’s car and side of his home at around 5 p.m. Saturday.

She also spray-painted the victim’s bike and knocked it to the ground, damaging the mirror, gas tank and exhaust, cops said.

It’s unclear what triggered Dunn’s rage, but she was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti.

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A speeding motorcyclist trying to outrun police was nabbed after he careened into an oncoming car in South Beach, authorities said.

Jamel Sealey, 23, of Pennsylvania, was on a 2001 Kawasaki bike zooming down Capodanno Boulevard at about 5:25 p.m. June 10 when he swerved over the median and slammed into a 1997 BMW going in the opposite direction, cops said.

Sealey — whom cops were chasing for allegedly not wearing a helmet and having no license plate — was arrested for reckless driving and unlawful fleeing a police officer.

He was treated at a local hospital. The three BMW occupants suffered minor injuries.

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A West Brighton man fled the scene of a three-car accident that he caused and then reported his vehicle stolen in an effort to collect insurance money, authorities said.

Joseph LaMantia, 47, was driving down Castleton Avenue near Walbrooke Avenue in his 1998 GMC Suburban at about 7:15 p.m. Feb. 7 when he smashed into a 2011 Kia, which, in turn, hit a 2011 Volkswagen, court papers say.

LaMantia ran off and reported his vehicle as stolen to Geico the next day, claiming it was worth $1,800, the records say.

“I panicked and left the scene after being there. I shouldn’t have. I reported the car as stolen because I panicked,” he allegedly confessed when arrested June 12.

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