New York Post

NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER

- Daniel Prendergas­t and Tom Wilson

A thug slashed a 63yearold man when he tried to break up an argument at a Claremont deli, authoritie­s said.

The suspect (above) was arguing with another man at the Barcelona Gourmet Deli on East 170th Street when the victim intervened and tried to separate them at around 4 a.m. Feb. 7, cops said.

One of the combatants pulled out a blade and slashed the peacemaker across the face, police said.

The victim was treated at BronxLeban­on Hospital and released.

A teen was stabbed in Allerton early Wednesday, cops said.

The 19yearold was knifed in the torso after getting into a fight with the assailant at White Plains Road and Burke Avenue around 12:45 a.m., police said.

The victim was rushed to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition.

Queens

Cops are trying to identify a cat burglar they say has hit at least five Rego Park apartments in the past two months.

The suspect first struck Dec. 20 when he entered a firstfloor apartment near 63rd Drive and Fitchett Street through a back window, then grabbed jewelry, electronic­s and $60 before walking out through the door, cops said.

Police say the same man (above) broke into four more neighborho­od apartments, using a fire escape to gain entry in each instance.

Three of the burglaries took place on Saunders Street, where cops say the man stole jewelry from one apartment Dec. 31; cash and a Wii U game system Jan. 16 from another; and computer and camera equipment and more jewelry from a third Feb. 8.

In a Jan. 28 burglary on Queens Boulevard, the victim reported losing an empty pocketbook, cops said.

Police described the suspect as about 45 years old, 6 feet tall and 170 pounds.

Video footage shows him wearing a waistlengt­h green coat with epaulettes and a green knit cap.

Brooklyn

A straphange­r groped a woman in a Brownsvill­e subway station, cops said.

The 33yearold victim was standing on the mezzanine of the BroadwayEa­st New York Avenue station when the suspect came up and grabbed her

butt and midsection at around 4:45 p.m. on Feb. 8.

A man tried to lure a 13yearold girl into his car in Williamsbu­rg, police sources said.

The girl was walking home from an afterschoo­l program when the driver pulled up next to her at Walton Street and Harrison Avenue and motioned her toward his car around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday.

The frightened girl ran back to the school, where she called her mother. Schoolsafe­ty officers notified police.

Staten Island

Two thieves broke into parked cars at a Great Kills gym and stole credit cards, police said.

The suspects, a man and a woman, got into one car outside the LA Fitness on Richmond Avenue at about 1 p.m. Feb. 5 and then returned about two hours later and broke into another.

Later that day, the female suspect used the cards at a nearby Target. The first victim’s card was declined. The second victim’s card was used to purchase an Apple iPad.

The woman also used a stolen card to try to make a purchase at a Costco on Richmond Avenue, but it was declined.

The vehicle the burglars were driving was described as a dark gray Toyota SUV.

man was arrested after investigat­ors found child pornograph­y on his computer, police sources said.

Michael Margolis, 69, was charged Tuesday with for uploading files containing the kiddie porn to his personal email account.

He was charged with promoting sexual performanc­e of a child and possession of a sexual performanc­e of a child.

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