Jeffrey Vargas, 45, was nabbed by police Thursday afternoon and charged with second-degree robbery and assault for the vicious Tuesday night attack at W. 49th St. and Eighth Ave.

Jeffrey Vargas, 45, was nabbed around noon and charged with robbery and assault, both in the second degree, in connection to the 10:30 p.m. Tuesday attack on a 36-year-old cart operator at West 49th Street and Eighth Avenue,

A mugger brutally beat a Hell’s Kitchen food vendor with a metal pipe – breaking his teeth – before ripping off $3,500 from him in a brutal attack this week, authorities said. The 36-year-old food cart operator was working around 10:30 p.