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Serial Burglar Swiped iPads and Video Games from Bronx Apartments: NYPD

By Eddie Small | April 6, 2016 11:48am
 Police are searching for 26-year-old Mark Wiggins as the suspect in a string of Bronx burglaries.
Police are searching for 26-year-old Mark Wiggins as the suspect in a string of Bronx burglaries.
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MORRISANIA — A Bronx burglar has been swiping items ranging from an Xbox One to Louis Vuitton belts from apartments in the borough over the past few weeks, police said.

Officers are searching for 26-year-old Bronxite Mark Wiggins in the string of burglaries dating back to mid-March.

The first one took place on March 18 at 9:20 p.m., when Wiggins used a MetroCard to get into 488 E. 163rd St. and stole two televisions, a printer and a set of keys from the office of the Wavecrest Management Team, property that was worth $2,650, according to the NYPD.

Wiggins then stole an iPad, an Xbox One and a remote control worth $650 from an apartment at 507 E. 161st St. on March 21 at 6 a.m., and he snatched two Techno Swiss watches, men's perfume and clothing including Gucci and Louis Vutton belts worth $4,535 from an apartment at 508 E. 162nd St. that same day at noon, police said.

He struck again at 507 E. 161st St. at 7:30 a.m. on March 23, stealing an iPad, a Tiffany bracelet and a Michele watch worth $2,355 from an apartment, and his next burglary came at 7:30 a.m. on March 29, when he stole jewelry, a Nintendo Wii, a Nintendo DS, video games, an iPod, Beats headphones and a DVD player from an apartment at 488 E. 163rd St. worth $3,455, according to the NYPD.

Wiggins then tried to get into an apartment at 488 E. 163rd St. around 8 p.m. on April 4 but failed and fled the scene, according to police and video.

Officers said Wiggins stands 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 195 pounds.

He has roughly 27 prior arrests, police said.

Anyone with information about these burglaries is asked to call the NYPD's crime stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 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 entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.