New York Post

NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER

- Kenneth Garger and Sarah Trefethen

The Bronx

Police are looking for the suspect pictured above in an assault on an MTA bus driver in Bedford Park.

A hotheaded thug boarded the bus at approximat­ely 10 a.m. last Saturday at the intersecti­on of Jerome Avenue and West Bedford Park Boulevard, cops said.

He spoke for a few seconds with the 52-year-old male driver, then suckerpunc­hed him in the face and fled, police investigat­ors said.

The driver was taken to St. John’s Hospital for treatment of bruises, officials. said.

A Crotona Park man was arrested and charged with killing a foe in West Farms, police said.

Gustavo Guillen, 32, is accused of murdering 29-year-old Julio Lebron on Aug. 2 in a building at 1941 Southern Boulevard, cops said.

Lebron was found with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to St. Barnabas hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

In addition to murder, Guillen also faces charges of manslaught­er and criminal possession of a weapon, police investigat­ors said.

Manhattan

A man claiming to be armed with a gun robbed a Midtown bank, cops said.

He ripped off the Santander branch on Broadway near West 35th Street at about 2 p.m Wednesday, investigat­ors said.

He told staffers he had a gun and demanded money, cops said.

Two employees handed the suspect an unknown sum of cash and he fled on foot along West 35th Street.

No one in the bank was harmed and the suspect never showed a firearm.

Witnesses and cops described him as Caucasian, in his late 40s to early 50s and about 5-foot-7.

He was sporting a gray beard and wearing a bright orange shirt, blue jeans and a gray baseball cap bearing an “NY” logo.

Queens

Two thugs assaulted two men in an Astoria apartment and stole a suitcase and $800, police said.

The suspects (one pictured above) entered the apartment at 33rd Street and 31st Avenue, argued with the victims and then punched them in the face at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

As the victims were fleeing, one was stabbed in the back and on the hand by one of the thugs, cops said.

The suspects took the property and fled north on 33rd Street.

The stabbed victim was hospitaliz­ed in critical but stable condition.

Both suspects were described as Caucasian and in their early 20s, cops said.

Brooklyn

A woman was assaulted on a subway platform in Bay Ridge, cops said.

The victim was waiting for a northbound R train at the Bay Ridge Avenue station at about 10:55 p.m. on Aug. 19 when she was attacked, police said.

The suspect pushed and slapped her, cops said.

Witnesses struggled to subdue the thug, but he slipped free and fled.

The woman was treated for cuts and bruises at the scene.

Witnesses described the suspect as about 5-foot-3 and 135 pounds.

He was wearing a longsleeve­d button-down shirt, black pants and black shoes.

The man pictured above is suspected of sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said.

He pulled a knife and forced her into an alley off Louis Place at 5:50 a.m. Sunday, police said.

He pulled down her pants, licked her and fondled her breasts and buttocks, then took her cell- phone and ran off, police said.

The suspect is described as a dark-skinned man in his 30s sporting a mustache, and was last seen wearing blue shorts and a brown shirt.

Staten Island

Cops are looking for a burglar who took cash from a Muslim-American community center in Dongan Hills.

The suspect walked through the front door of the Muslim American Society Community Center at 180 Burgher Ave. at about 6:30 a.m. on July 28 and took an unknown sum of money, police investigat­ors said.

He was described as dark-skinned and 30 to 40 years old with dark hair and a beard. He wore a black baseball cap, black jacket and shorts.

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