Two Men Steal $3,000 In Jewelry From Myrtle Avenue Shop

FORT GREENE – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the two men seen in the below surveillance video wanted in connection to a robbery at a Myrtle Avenue shop last week.

At approximately 1:30pm on Friday, September 15, two men entered the fair trade gift shop, 21 Tara, located at 388 Myrtle Avenue (between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues). One of the men distracted the store employee while the other man removed jewelry, approximately $3,000 in value, from a display, police said.

The two suspects are described as follows:

Individual 1 – Hispanic male wearing a blue baseball cap, blue shirt, and eye glasses.

Individual 2 – Hispanic male wearing a dark baseball cap and red t-shirt.

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. All calls are strictly confidential.