A person pretended to be a plumber to be able to acquire entry to a 71-year-old lady’s dwelling in Brooklyn, then stole greater than $1,000 in money and jewellery, in keeping with police.
The sufferer was getting into her dwelling close to 84th Avenue and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge simply earlier than 1 p.m. on the Fourth of July, when a person got here up and supplied to assist her along with her walker, police mentioned.
The lady went inside, and shortly after, the identical man knocked on her door, telling her he was there to repair her water leak. She let him inside, and he advised her to show the water faucet on and off a number of instances whereas he stayed within the hallway.
That is when he was in a position to take $230 from the girl’s purse, then moved on to her bed room, the place he took jewellery value about $900, in keeping with police. The suspect then merely walked out. He was final seen strolling south down Fourth Avenue.
The sufferer was not harm, however too scared to talk on digicam concerning the incident.
Anybody with info concerning the incident is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The general public can even submit their ideas by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site.
