Cops busted the career criminal who allegedly used a dolly to roll his wife’s bloody corpse along Staten Island’s waterfront.

Anthony Lopez, who advanced his criminal career as an member of the Bloods gang, was busted in Harlem on Saturday and charged with murder and felony concealment of a corpse, officials said.

Lopez had shaved his head in the 24 hours since the macabre crime, but cops weren’t fooled.

He was held Saturday night at the 121st Precinct station house in Mariners Harbor. Lopez, 31, was well-known in the neighborhood long before residents spotted him and his suspicious load at around 7 a.m. Friday, cops said.

They watched as he pushed a blood-splattered, metal dolly, with a long, wrapped object on top.

Lopez appeared to be heading toward the Kill Van Kull.

Instead of calling 911 directly, one wary eyewitness called a pal who is a local detective, sources told The Post.

The detective was off duty but rushed to the scene anyway.

As soon as the cop got out of his car to confront the man pushing the dolly, he recognized Lopez, whose long criminal history includes 52 arrests, sources said.

Lopez bolted, sources said. He ditched the corpse in the front yard of a small brick house in the quiet neighborhood.

The body showed signs of trauma, including a bloody nose and marks on the neck. The dead woman was later identified as Lopez’s wife, Obiamaka Aduba, 26. Lopez has confessed to his brother he killed his wife, sources said.

A resident at the home where the dolly was abandoned told The Post that he saw the body before cops carted it away.

The woman appeared to have been strangled, and her head appeared bludgeoned, the neighbor said, asking not to be identified.

The woman was also topless and wearing jeans, the neighbor said.

“We’re all very upset — what happened is terrible,” a neighbor to the dead woman said. “Right now, we are grieving.”

Lopez has a history of domestic violence raps, in 2007 allegedly punching his girlfriend in the face.

Additional reporting by Gina Daidone