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John George (l.) and Steve Demetro are suspected of posing as utility workers to loot homes in Queens and the Bronx.

 A band of gypsies that targets the elderly is being sought for a months-long string of burglaries in at least three boroughs - and may also be wanted in other states, police sources said.

The roaming drifters posed as utility workers “checking for leaks.” They’ve looted at least 10 homes in Queens and the Bronx since September, but may be connected to similar burglaries in Brooklyn, the sources said.

“The elderly are most likely to be susceptible to this sort of scam,” said City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., chairman of the Public Safety Committee.

“These pieces of trash know that and prey on them,” said Vallone (D-Astoria), whose district includes one of the areas hit by the team of traveling thieves.

Investigators have identified Steve Demetro and 29-year-old John George as suspects in four burglaries in Astoria and six around Throgs Neck in the Bronx, sources said.

The pair are part of a group of gypsies that authorities believe may be traveling from state to state, conning senior citizens to get inside their homes and steal their personal belongings.

In each case, the scammers knock on the door of an elderly resident’s home with the ruse that they are responding to a service issue. As one suspect chats up the homeowner, another roams around inside and bags the loot, sources said. Read more..

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A group of Hispanic males have shouted anti-Mexican slurs in three bias-related attacks in the same Bronx neighborhood in as many days, police said.

All three assaults occurred in Tremont and were perpetrated by at least four men who are believed to be Dominican, police said.

In each attack, the crew pelted their victims with anti-Mexican invective and then roughed them up - stabbing one victim.

On Monday, the group pounced on a 47-year-old man at 4:50 a.m. in front of a building on E. 181 St., police said.

On Sunday, the crew stabbed a 53-year-old man at 4 a.m. at 182nd St. and Walton Ave.

On Satuday, the group attacked two 24-year-old men at 182nd St. and the Grand Concourse.

No arrests have been made.

Cops ask anyone with information on the bias attacks to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS or log on to www.nypd-crimestoppers.com. Read more..

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Detectives released a sketch Tuesday of a violent pervert wanted for preying on teenage girls in the Bronx, police said.

The balding brute dragged a 17-year-old at gunpoint to an abandoned building in Fordham. He grabbed her as she walked home Monday about 11 p.m. Investigators from the Bronx special victims squad said he then forced the teen to stay in the building for hours, allowing her to leave early yesterday morning.

Police said he began his spree May 10 when he tried to attack an 18-year-old walking home near the Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road. Cops described the man as 35 to 40 years of age, about 5-feet-9 and weighing 180 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. Read more..

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