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Argyle Sweater-Wearing Man Burglarizes Pongal Restaurant

By DNAinfo Staff on January 18, 2012 5:46pm

The alleged burglar is suspected of taking cash and two laptops from Pongal on Lexington Avenue.
The alleged burglar is suspected of taking cash and two laptops from Pongal on Lexington Avenue.
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Police are searching for a man suspected of burglarizing Pongal on Lexington Avenue.
Police are searching for a man suspected of burglarizing Pongal on Lexington Avenue.
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MANHATTAN — Police are searching for an argyle-sweater-sporting man who allegedly broke into a Kips Bay restaurant early Monday and made off with cash and two laptop computers.

The thief broke open a wooden door leading into the basement of Pongal, a vegetarian eatery on Lexington Avenue near East 28th Street, and slipped into the restaurant, police and part-owner Nazeer Ahmed said. One of the stolen laptops was his.

The suspect, who was also wearing a knit cap at the time of the incident, was caught on security tape just before 8 a.m., police said.

The NYPD asked that anyone with information about the crime contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.