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Cops Hunting for Suspects in Upper East Side Home Invasion

By Mary Johnson | May 9, 2012 8:01pm
Police are searching for four men wanted for breaking into an apartment on East 94th Street and First Avenue. Shown here are three of the four suspects.
Police are searching for four men wanted for breaking into an apartment on East 94th Street and First Avenue. Shown here are three of the four suspects.
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MANHATTAN — Cops are searching for four men who forced their way into into an Upper East Side apartment and stole cash and electronics.

Police said the men broke into an apartment near East 94th Street and First Avenue around 11 p.m. on May 5 and forced a woman and a 9-year-old child into a bathroom.

The suspects then made off with cash, credit cards and cell phones, as well as video games and two flat-screen televisions, police said.

One suspect is 19- to 25-years-old, about 5-foot-7 and weighs between 150 and 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a hooded sweatshirt and tan jacket.

Police say the second suspect is likely in his late teens, around 5-foot-5 and 170 pounds and was wearing black clothing at the time of the incident.

Police said the suspects forced a woman and a 9-year-old girl into a bathroom before stealing cash, credit cards and electronics.
Police said the suspects forced a woman and a 9-year-old girl into a bathroom before stealing cash, credit cards and electronics.
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The third suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and a black-and-white bandanna.

And the fourth suspect stands between 6-foot-1 and 6-foot-2 and was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).  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.