Crime & Safety
Watch: Thieves Steal Giant Snow Plow From Long Island City Lot
The three men loaded the $4,500 snow plow into the bed of a white pickup truck and drove off, cops say.
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- The NYPD is searching for three men caught on camera stealing a massive snow plow from a used car dealership in Long Island City.
The trio pulled up to Northern Boulevard Service Station Inc. in a white Dodge Ram pickup tuck at around 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 24, police said.
Video surveillance shows the men struggling to lift a Western Uni-mount snow plow - worth around $4,500 - from the Northern Boulevard dealership into pickup truck's bed.
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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