Crime & Safety
LIC Nonprofit Robbed By Rock-Throwing Suspect, Police Say
Police are looking for a man accused of hurling a rock into the Long Island City headquarters of Urban Upbound, then taking a laptop.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A prominent Long Island City nonprofit was robbed last month by a man who hurled a cement rock through the group's front door, according to police.
The man smashed the glass front door of Urban Upbound, the Dutch Kills-based antipoverty group with a storefront location at 40th Avenue and 13th Street, on May 13 about 6:30 a.m., police said.
The thief then walked inside, took a Lenovo laptop computer, and left through the front door, according to police.
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Surveillance video captured the man about 20 minutes later walking into the 21st Street-Queensbridge subway station about a block away, according to police.
Police are looking for a man with a slim build, mustache, brown eyes and short black hair. He was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, a white surgical mask and black sneakers.
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Police released images of the man on Friday and asked anyone with information to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.
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