Crime & Safety

Police Seeking Forest Park-Area Burglars

Alleged suspects broke into homes, stole computers, tools.

Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating two burglary suspects who broke into Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens homes just south of Forest Park in September.

According to , on Sept. 5 at 11 p.m., one suspect broke into a Richmond Hill home on 86th Avenue through an open window. He allegedly stole a laptop computer, a camera and a wallet with several credit cards inside.

Two days later on Sept. 7 at 1:30 a.m., police said, cameras caught another suspect breaking into a building on 84th Avenue and using a crowbar to pry into a storage unit and steal tools.

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Anyone with any information on one of the incidents is asked to call Crime Stoppers at  1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Residents with information can also send a text message to  274637 (CRIMES), entering the information and the phrase TIP577. Residents can register information with Crime Stoppers online at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM.


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