New York Post

NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER

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Queens

Cops are looking for the gun-wielding goon pictured above who was seen on video robbing a convenienc­e store in Corona.

The armed thug walked into a 7-Eleven on Corona Avenue near 52nd Avenue at 7:20 a.m. on Feb. 26, pulled a handgun and demanded cash, cops said.

The suspect is seen on video leaning on the counter talking to the attendant, then being handed the loot.

The bandit also wanted for allegedly knocking off a Papa John’s on National Street just before midnight on Feb. 12.

There, the suspect fired a round into a wall when workers at the pizza joint didn’t immediatel­y hand over cash, cops said.

A 23-year-old driver died when his car hit a tree and a utility pole along Jamaica Bay, cops said.

The victim, whose name was withheld pending family notificati­on, was driving his 2005 Nissan Altima southbound on Cross Bay Boulevard at 7 a.m. yesterday when he lost control, smashed into the tree and was ejected, according to police.

The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Jamaica Hospital.

Police are looking for the cowardly driver who fled the scene after fatally mowing down a 65-yearold man in Flushing, authoritie­s said.

The victim, whose name was not immediatel­y released, was crossing 45th Avenue near 149th Street at 8:10 p.m. Thursday when he was struck and killed by the hit-and-run motorist, police said.

The victim died at New York Hospital Queens in Flushing.

Staten Island

An NYPD sergeant was arrested for driving while inebriated, police said.

Cops pulled over Sgt. Colleen Leonard, 39, of Staten Island, at Sprague Avenue and Hylan Boulevard at around 4:55 p.m. Friday and charged her with driving while intoxicate­d.

It was not immediatel­y known what prompted the cop stop or whether the 15-year veteran officer took a Breathalyz­er test.

The Bronx

The armed, drug-addled thug pictured above knocked off a South Bronx pharmacy, cops said.

The goon walked into the Third Avenue Pharmacy near East 144th Street at about 10:30 a.m. Friday and demanded drugs and money, police said.

He made off with Oxycodone, Percocet and cash, according to cops.

The suspect is believed to be between 22 and 30 years old, about 5-foot-7 and sporting a beard and mustache, cops said.

Kevin Fasick, Lorena Mongelli & Kirstan Conley

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