Crime & Safety
Man Stole $6K From Court Street Auto Shop, Police Say
A man wearing all black walked into the auto shop during business hours and stole a cash-stuffed envelope from a desk, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY — A man walked into a Brooklyn auto shop last month and stole over $6,000 in cash from the business, police announced this week.
On the morning of July 7, business was getting underway at New York City Automotive, an auto shop located at 622 Court Street, when a man dressed in all black walked in about 10 a.m. and went up to the second floor, police said.
Once upstairs, he grabbed an envelope stuffed with $6,115.50 from a desk drawer and ran off with the cash-stuffed package, according to the NYPD.
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No one was hurt during the burglary, police said.
As of this week, nearly a month after the robbery, the envelope-grabber is still on the loose and the incident remains under investigation, according to the NYPD.
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