East Harlem Burglar Hits 3 Buildings, Looting Pricey Laptops: Police

EAST HARLEM, NY — A man has stolen more than $22,000 worth of electronics in a string of East Harlem burglaries that began last month, according to police.

The spree began somewhere between 10 p.m. on March 10 and 7 a.m. the following morning, when the unidentified suspect got inside the basement of an apartment building at 206 East 124th St. — steps away from the NYPD's Service Area 5 precinct house.

Once inside, the man took a MacBook Pro worth $1,500 and a $1,000 Asus laptop that belonged to a 44-year-old man, according to police.

Days later, on March 13 around 2:30 p.m., the same suspect managed to get inside the basement of a commercial building at 1647 Park Ave. There, he took a Sony C-800G studio microphone worth $14,000, a $4,000 Mac Pro computer, two computor monitors worth a conbined $450, and a $500 microphone stand, police said.

Finally, around 9:20 p.m. on March 21, the same man kicked in the door to an unspecified residential building, entered the basement, and took a series of DeWalt power tools ‚ two drills, three batteries, two nail guns and a saw — valued at $1,437 combined.

All told, the man's haul was worth about $22,887, according to police. On Thursday, the NYPD released surveillance images showing the man inside the lobby of one of the buildings, and asked the public for help identifying him.

Police 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.