CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Authorities are searching for a man who they say stole a bicycle from the basement of a Crown Heights apartment building earlier this month.
Some time between 8 a.m. on Friday, August 18 and 11 p.m. Saturday, August 19, the man got into the building on St. Johns Place and Rogers Avenue, police said.
He gained entry through an unlocked door on the roof, then went all the way down to the building's basement, police said.
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That's where he found the Dawes bicycle, took it and fled, according to police.
Authorities released this surveillance video of him taking the bike:
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Here's how anyone with information can report it to police:
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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