Crime & Safety
WATCH: Burglar Stealing Packages From Windsor Terrace, South Slope Building Lobbies
The man has been breaking into buildings with a screwdriver.
WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN — Authorities are searching for a man who they say has been breaking into apartment buildings in Windsor Terrace and the South Slope-area with a screwdriver and stealing packages from them.
The man struck first on May 1 around 10:15 p.m. at a building on the 200 block of 19th Street, police said Thursday. He took two packages from that building's lobby, according to police.
Then, on May 31, he got into a building in the 300 block of Windsor Place and took one package from the lobby, police said.
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Both times, according to police, he used a screwdriver to forcibly open the buildings' doors.
Authorities released this surveillance footage of the man in the act:
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Here's how anyone with information can report it to police:
Anyone with information in regards to these incidents 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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