HELL'S KITCHEN — A bar in Hell’s Kitchen has attracted an unwanted regular with a taste for high-end liquor.
Police are searching for a man who broke into the White Oak Oyster Bar & Cocktail Lounge at 810 10th Ave., between West 54th and 53rd streets, three times in four days days, stealing more than $4,500 worth of expensive booze, the NYPD said.
The first burglary took place on Friday, Nov. 27 at 4:37 a.m., when the suspect forced his way into the bar through a side door, pried open the liquor closet with a crowbar, took 100 bottles of pricey booze worth $4,000 total and fled, police said.
The bar’s owners reported the incident to police that afternoon, but the suspect returned two days later at 10:47 a.m., entering through the side door but failing to nab anything, according to police.
He returned a third time, on Monday, Nov. 30, at roughly 5 a.m., entered through the side door and stole 12 bottles of rum worth $528, the NYPD said. Police did not say which type of liquor was taken in the first incident.
That burglary was reported less than an hour later, at approximately 5:50 a.m.
The bar did not immediately return a request for comment.
Anyone with information is asked to call the the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS, or log onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or text tips to 274647 (CRIMES) and then enter TIP577.
