Package Thief Keeps Hitting One UWS Building: Police

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A package thief kept hitting one Upper West Side building during the first week of July, police said over the weekend.

The package bandit first snagged a package from the lobby of 123 W. 74th St. on July 2 about 11:45 a.m., police said.

Three days later, the man returned to the apartment building between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues to steal another package from the lobby about 2 p.m., said the NYPD.

There were no injuries in either incident, police said.

Police describe the suspect as a man in his 20s who has a medium build and was last seen carrying a multicolored recycling bag.

Anyone with information in regard 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).