Man on Crutches Rips Off Three Apartments in Same Building: Police

A burglar on crutches made off — very slowly — with property from three apartments in 320 W. 56th St., according to police.

The NYPD says a man on crutches, with a walking boot on his right foot, entered three different apartments on July 26 and made off with jewelry and electronics. He made off with a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 from apartment 3J, and then went to apartment 6D, where he stole a Rolex watch, a gold bracelet, three pairs of earrings and a diamond necklace. He finished his burglary spree in apartment 5C, where he made off with a Macbook Pro. All of the burglaries happened between 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.

The man is described as light skinned — and on crutches.

There have been 126 burglaries in the Midtown North Precinct this year, up 10 percent from last year at this time, according to NYPD data. Four of those burglaries occurred last week, but none were in the vicinity of Columbus Circle.

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Anyone with information in regards to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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