Manhattan
What a butt head!
An ex-con was busted after he groped a woman on a city bus in Gramercy Park, authorities said yesterday.
Rafaele Bayron, 69, was sitting next to the victim on an M16 bus on Second Avenue at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday when he reached behind her and squeezed her buttocks, cops said.
The victim reported the groping and Bayron was arrested that day on charges of persistent sexual abuse.
Records show he was convicted in 2009 of sexually abusing an 8-year- old girl.
Brooklyn
A 24-year-old man was charged with killing an acquaintance in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said.
Marell Walker allegedly shot Kwasiada Creveille, 24, in the chest Thursday at 11:33 p.m. on Gates Avenue, near Nostrand Avenue. Creveille later died at Woodhull Hospital.
Walker, who had prior busts for drugs, burglary, and robbery, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
Cops said the two knew each other, but said it was unclear what triggered the shooting.
Earlier in the evening, a 27-year-old woman was shot in the leg at nearby Nostrand and Monroe avenues.
She was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. It’s unknown if the two shootings are related.
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A maniacal motorist tried to run a scooter cop off the road in East New York, authorities said.
The officer was responding to an oil spill at 2:30 p.m. Thursday when in his rearview mirror he spotted Aubrey Crooke, 26, allegedly honking the horn of his 2005 Saturn and driving erratically near New Lots and Pennsylvania avenues.
Crooke swerved in front of the scooter and refused the officer’s instruction to halt, cops said.
Crooke pulled away and struck the scooter officer, cops added.
Crooke then allegedly jumped out and flailed his arms, accusing the cop of hitting his car.
The driver was handcuffed and charged with attempted assault, unlawful fleeing an officer and reckless driving.
Queens
A man was slain in a St. Albans drive-by shooting, cops said.
Anthony Hilton, 22, who cops say has prior arrests for marijuana, menacing and resisting arrest, was shot in the neck and torso at 9:35 p.m. Thursday near 120th Road and Lucas Street, cops said.
He was pronounced dead at Queens General Hospital.
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A shoplifter was nabbed at an Elmhurst pharmacy, authorities said.
Gloria Thomas, 56, swiped 13 candy bars, disinfectant spray, dish soap and a granola bar from the Walgreens on Broadway near Corona Avenue at 4:45 p.m. on May 4, according to court papers.
Thomas stuffed the items into the basket of her walker and waltzed out the door without paying, cops said.
She was nabbed by a security guard outside.
Thomas pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was sentenced to time served, said a spokeswoman for DA Richard Brown.
Bronx
Three punks jumped a victim in Van Nest for a measly $5, authorities said.
“You better go inside and get five dollars or we’re going to beat your ass,” Anthony Rodriguez, 19, allegedly snarled at the victim on Fillmore Avenue near Morris Park Avenue at 10:58 a.m. Sunday.
Rodriguez put the victim in a headlock as his accomplices, Edwin Morante, 18, and Robert Paluzzi, 17, surrounded them, according to court papers.
The victim eventually escaped the ambush and the punk attackers were collared nearby.
They were charged with attempted robbery and attempted assault.
Staten Island
A vandal hell-bent on destruction smashed up 10 cars in West Brighton, authorities said.
Dylan Vok, 28, used a skateboard to dent the door of a Hyundai Tucson parked on Castleton Avenue near Pelton Avenue at 4:40 a.m. Thursday, according to court papers.
He also shattered the windows of nine other vehicles, cops said.
He was arrested at the scene and charged with 10 counts of criminal mischief, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
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A knife-wielding bandit got away with $1,000 from a South Beach deli, authorities said.
“Open the register, it’s not your money,” Victor Collazo, 43, allegedly snarled at the employee in the Polish Delicious Deli on Sand Lane near Oceanside Avenue at 5:40 p.m. on May 7.
He forced the worker’s face into the cash register drawer, then ran off with the loot, cops said.
Detectives used surveillance footage to track down Collazo and arrested him Thursday.
He was charged with robbery and weapons possession.