Crime & Safety

Motor Scooter Stolen From East Village Building: Police

Police are looking for a man who walked into an East Village building and left with a motorized scooter.

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An image of a man wanted in connection to a burglary in the East Village.
An image of a man wanted in connection to a burglary in the East Village. (Photo courtesy of NYPD)

EAST VILLAGE, NY — A man walked into an East Village residential building and snatched a motorized scooter, police said.

Around 3:30 p.m. on May 21, an unidentified man walked into a building near Elizabeth Street and East Houston Street through an unlocked door and took a scooter, police said on Monday.

NYPD also released photos Sunday of the man wanted in connection to the scooter snatching.

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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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