LOWER EAST SIDE — A 93-year-old man who stored his cash inside an an envelope in his stove reported that someone stole his $7,000 in savings — and suspects a friend took it, police said.
The elderly Norfolk Street resident reported the incident last week, telling police the money was in the stove when a friend visited him on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. but was gone after she left an hour later, according to the NYPD.
Police said the man suspected his friend stole the cash. The woman had received monetary support from the man over the past 10 years and constantly visited the man for money, police said.
Other recent crimes in the 7th Precinct include:
► Nearly $5,000 worth of property was stolen from an Allen Street apartment over the weekend, police said.
The unit’s occupants, two 22-year-old men, said they had been in and out of the apartment starting Oct. 30 when one of them noticed that his $1,000 Apple MacBook Pro laptop had gone missing on Nov. 1, according to the NYPD.
His roommate realized his $1,000 MacBook Air laptop had also gone missing, along with a $2,000 Burberry watch, a $500 Bulova watch and $100 Skagen watch, police said.
Police said they did not see signs of forced entry, although one of the tenants said a friend had keys to the apartment.
► A 44-year-old man lost a $1,500 wedding band, tools, prescription pills and other items after a thief grabbed his bag from the backseat of a van parked in front of 180 Orchard St. on Oct. 29, police said.
Police said the man — who was eating a slice of pizza at an eatery nearby when the incident occurred — left the van unlocked because he and his co-workers had constant access to it.
