Two men with a sawed-off shotgun robbed and shot a bus passenger, mugged a woman and stole money from a taxi passenger during a two-hour robbery spree on Long Island, the police said yesterday.

She may not think of herself as the Charles Bronson type, but Uzera Breeden decided to take matters into her own hands when three men, one of them armed, mugged her Sunday night and made off with her earrings, bracelets and necklaces.

The men then mugged the players and stole the car.

He added: "This man mugged the harmless, and there is no excuse for him."

But since the night seven years ago when several young black men mugged Mrs. Becker, her husband and their daughter in front of their home, she has felt a new wariness.

These revelations came to light when a homeless man mugged an 81-year-old parishioner in the cathedral on August 1 of that year and was caught on camera.

The man would probably be grinning and mugging like an idiot.

In a nearby park, he found the man he believed had mugged his mother, Maria.

In September 2003, a man mugged a 90-year-old from Carlstadt and pushed him down an escalator, killing him.