HELL’S KITCHEN — A serial burglar stole jewelry, electronics and other belongings from seven Hell’s Kitchen residents in March and May, police said.
The suspect first struck an apartment building near West 44th Street and Ninth Avenue sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 9:15 p.m. on March 3, the NYPD said.
After entering the building through a rear window, he stole electronics and then left through the front door, police said.
That same day, the burglar went into an apartment near the same intersection through a rear window and stole electronics, a bottle of alcohol, a credit card and other items before fleeing through the front door sometime between 4 p.m. and 5:59 p.m., the NYPD said.
The burglar used the man’s credit card at several Duane Reade stores across Manhattan, police said.
Police could not say if the two victims lived in the same building.
More than two months later, on May 13, the burglar climbed through the rear window of a building on West 45th Street and 10th Avenue sometime between 9:20 a.m. and 11 a.m., stole the resident’s jewelry and exited through the front door, the NYPD said.
That same day, at the same intersection and time, the burglar went into an apartment and stole $100 in cash, a credit card, jewelry and unidentified electronics before leaving through the front door, police said.
The burglar used that credit card to purchase items at several Manhattan Duane Reade stores, as well, according to police.
It was not clear if the burglary victims in that incident all lived in the same building.
Police could not say what the burglar bought with the stolen credit cards, nor provide more specific information about what he stole from the apartments or how much the items were worth.
The suspect is described as standing between 5-foot-10 and 5-foot-11, weighing about 200 pounds, wearing a black jacket and pants, a white T-shirt and carrying a black sports bag, police said.
Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
