STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Heres a look at the top criminal-justice-related headlines across the borough this week.

NYPD: 39K HAUL FOR COMMERCIAL BURGLAR

Police cars are stationed in New Dorp Lane following a report of a burglary on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)

A burglar stole $39,000 by raiding an ATM at a deli on New Dorp Lane and busted through a glass door and wall of an adjacent storefront to burglarize a restaurant on Forest Avenue in Mariners Harbor, authorities allege.

When officers tried pull over Juan Reyes, 39, of Graniteville, in a stolen van shortly after the restaurant caper, the suspect hit the gas and led officers on a wild chase through the streets of Mariners Harbor, according to the criminal complaint and police.

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ROSSVILLE MAN INDICTED IN ALLEGED RAPE

A Rossville man has been indicted on charges alleging he raped and sexually abused an underage girl last year and also hit two children.

Salvatore Lovacco, 48, of the 100 block of Santa Monica Lane, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges at his arraignment in state Supreme Court, St. George.

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HES INDICTED IN GIRLFRIENDS MURDER

A Tompkinsville man has been indicted on a murder charge in connection with the slaying of his live-in girlfriend in their apartment two months ago.

Milton Bolton, 39, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday in state Supreme Court, St. George.

Prosecutors allege Bolton killed Natasha Colon, 38, on Dec. 15.

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FDNY MEMBER HIT WITH CHILD-PORN CHARGES

A 59-year-old Staten Island man stands accused of possessing child pornography, according to the NYPD and a criminal complaint.

Police identified the suspect as Joseph Perrone, an FDNY member who was off-duty at the time of his arrest at his home on Wednesday at about 5 p.m., according to a statement from the NYPDs Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

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NYPD: 3 TEENS ARRESTED WITH GUN

Police arrested three suspects and seized a loaded gun during a car stop in the 121st Precinct. (Courtesy of NYPD)

A traffic stop led to the recovery of a gun and the arrest of three teens in Graniteville, according to police.

Officers pulled over a 2009 Mazda on Thursday around midnight at the corner of Sanders Street and Forest Avenue, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD.

A loaded, .22-caliber Phoenix Arms gun was recovered during the incident, which resulted in the arrest of three boys ages 17, 16, and 14, according to the police spokeswoman.

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COPS DETAIL ALLEGED CRIME SPREE

A Great Kills man stole an SUV and brandished a hunting knife while trying to rob Dominos Pizza, Dunkin Donuts, and Stop & Shop locations in a four-day crime, authorities allege.

Then, when cops caught up with Joseph Bianchino, 34, of Exeter Street, and tried to pull him over, he struck an officer with the stolen car, police say.

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HES SENTENCED IN TRANSIT CENTER GROPING

First, he groped a man in the Eltingville Transit Center, said police.

Then, weeks later, Vondell Cox followed a mother and her children from the Staten Island Railway station in New Dorp and shoved the woman and her 7-year-old daughter to the ground, authorities said.

Now hes off to a jail cell.

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NYPD ARRESTS 18 AMID BROOKLYN SLAYINGS

The Brooklyn District Attorney and NYPD announced Tuesday more than a dozen arrests of young men with alleged gang ties in connection with a recent surge in violence. (Staten Island Advance)Staff-Shot

Eighteen young men, and a few teenage boys, with alleged ties to gangs in Brooklyn, were arrested this week in connection with multiple shootings and killings part of an overall surge in violence over the past year across New York City.

The suspects allegedly fall under an umbrella group called the 900 Gang, which operates out of public housing complexes in Bedford-Stuyvesant; some accused of shooting at gang rivals on sight for the sake of territorial dominance, the Daily News reported.

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