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Thieves Break Through Brick Wall to Rob Salon but Leave Empty-Handed

By Katie Honan | April 17, 2015 8:43am
 The two men didn't end up taking anything, police said. 
Thieves Break Through Brick Wall to Rob Elmhurst Salon
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ELMHURST — Their plan didn't gel.

Two men broke through a brick wall to burglarize a hair salon earlier this month, but left the scene without their cut, police said.

The owners of Ming City Hair Studio, at 82-26 45th Ave., returned to work on April 6 at 9 a.m. and found a hole had been punched into the wall at the back of the shop, police said.

Surveillance video showed two men had broken through the brick wall behind the shop at 10 p.m. the night before, according to Jason Siaw, the owner of Fantastic Gold Inc., a jewelry shop next door, who watched the video. 

Nothing was taken from the shop, according to police.

The space behind it is currently an open construction site, and Siaw suspects the burglars may have seen it as an opportunity.

"They broke in, didn't see anything they liked and left," Siaw said.

Other notable crimes that occurred in the 110th Precinct includes:

► Police are looking for a man who swiped $175 worth of condoms from a Roosevelt Avenue Rite Aide on March 9.

Surveillance video captured the suspect entering the store on 91-08 Roosevelt Ave. at 8:20 p.m. and grabbing a handful of Trojan condom boxes from a display.

The suspect then fled east on the Roosevelt Avenue, police said.

► A man ran into the Panda Cafe on Broadway, grabbed the tip jar and fled on April 4, police said.

The suspect, approximately 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds, rushed into the cafe at 83-31 Broadway — which sells bubble tea, smoothies and snacks — and stole the entire jar from the counter, police said.

He fled with approximately $35, according to police.

► A suspect stole $1,815 in lottery scratch-off tickets from a kiosk at the Queens Center Mall on March 1, police said.

The thief allegedly took the tickets from the Canlot News Stand on the first floor of the mall at 90-10 Queens Blvd., although police were not clear what time.

He’s shown in surveillance video wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, with the hood up, underneath a black jacket. He was also carrying a backpack, police said.