Gravesend Thief Walks Off With $100K+ In White Bag
Last Sunday, April 2, a 46 -year old neighbor returned home to find his fine watches and jewelry gone. A total of $78,000 worth of watches, and another $31,000 worth of jewelry.
The thief, an unidentified man, broke the kitchen window to get into the apartment in a multi-unit building near 28th and Harvay Avenues in Gravesend around half past midnight. He then removed the following items from a display case on the bedroom dresser, cops say:
- a Panarai watch valued at $10,500,
- a Jacob the Jeweler watch valued at $17,500,
- a Breitling Super Avenger watch valued at $6,500,
- a Breitling Navitimer watch valued at $4,500,
- a Rolex Datejust valued at $28,000,
- a Bentley watch valued at $11,000,
- a necklace with cross valued at $12,000,
- a ring valued at $7,000 and
- a bracelet valued at $12,000.
The thief left with the valuables a white bag. The images capture the suspect before the burglary.
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.
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