Police Seek Burglary Suspect Who Poses As A Repairman

CBS New York

July 29, 2021

NYPD officers are looking for a man suspected in a string of burglaries, most of them in the Bronx.

Police say the suspect gets inside people’s homes by posing as a repairman, always wearing an orange construction vest.

The most recent theft happened at a building near Lincoln Avenue and 138th Street. A man dressed as a maintenance worker told a woman he was an NYCHA employee in order to get into her home. Once inside, he stole the woman’s purse, according to police.

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