Crime & Safety
Brooklyn Burglars Target Wine Bar, Beer Garden, Bistro
Police seek a pair of tasteful felons who they say made off with nearly $30,000.
Photos courtesy of the NYPD
Police believe three August burglaries targeting upscale food joints in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope and Windsor Terrace were carried out by the same two-man team.
The three burglaries, as described by the NYPD:
- On Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at 8:20 p.m. inside of Cafe Dada located at 57 7th Avenue, suspects entered the location and removed a safe and approximately $1,500.
- On Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at 1:30 a.m. inside of Bistro Bartoto Italiano located at 411 11th Street, suspect entered the location through the front door using a crowbar and removed $1,500 from the register.
- On Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, at 3:30 a.m. inside of Greenwood Park Beer Garden located at 555 7th Avenue, suspects entered the location and removed the safe containing approximately $24,450.
In the Aug. 22 burglary at Bistro Bartoto Italiano, a surveillance camera caught the suspects in action. (Photos above.) One of them men is shown dressed in head-to-toe camouflage, while the other wears a gray hoodie. Both wear white cloths wrapped around their faces, leaving only their eyes exposed.
Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS. Tips can also be submitted online or by texting 274637, then entering TIP577.
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