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VIDEO: Men Burglarized Greek Community Center 3 Times in 5 Days, Police Say

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ASTORIA — Two men broke into a Greek community center three times in five days in March, making off with iPads, a camera and a TD Bank gift card, police said.

The duo broke into into the Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Committee center at 23-16 30th Ave. three times between March 6 and 10, NYPD officials said.

The thieves first broke into the center sometime between 6 p.m. March 6 and 10 a.m. March 8, and stole an iPad 2 from an office there, police said.

They returned sometime between the evening of March 8 and 9 a.m. the next day to swipe another two iPads and a Sony camera, police said.

It was not clear how they got in those times.

They returned again sometime between the next evening and the morning of March 10, prying open a rear window to enter the building to steal a TD Bank gift card and some tools, police said.

Surveillance video shows the two men, who are in their 20s, wearing blue latex gloves as they walk through the building, NYPD officials said.

One of them wore a green shirt with camouflage pants and was carrying what looks like a broom handle.

The other sported a purple plaid jacket or hoodie and had a goatee.

The HANAC Community Center did not immediately return a call for comment.

HANAC bills itself as a nonprofit that offers employment programs and various social services, according to its website.

Anyone with information should to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).