By Patrick Hedlund
DNAinfo News Editor
LOWER EAST SIDE — Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with burglarizing more than a dozen homes in Chinatown while the residents were sleeping, the NYPD said.
Irving Walker, 40, entered 13 apartments though the front door, often waking the victims in the process, and swiped wallets and electronics, police said.
The burglaries occurred during the early-morning hours between Oct. 12 and Nov. 15 on Madison Street between Rutgers and Catherine streets, East Broadway between Pike and Rutgers streets, and Eldridge and Forsyth streets between Hester and Grand Streets, police said. All the incidents took place between 1:30 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Walker is described as standing 6 feet tall, weighing 210 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, police added.
Anyone with information about this incident can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.
Editor's Note: The man police originally named as a suspect, Irving Walker, 41, of Virginia Beach, Va., was wrongly accused of these incidents.
