Thief takes cash and jewelry from Astoria home

by admin · May 22, 2017

Police are looking for a man who broke into an Astoria residence last month.

Authorities say on Monday, April 10, at about 10 p.m., the broke the front door of a house near 9th Street and 27th Avenue. A 61-year-old man lived inside.

Once he got in, the suspect took jewelry and cash before he dashed away.

Luckily, no one was hurt from the incident.

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.