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VIDEO: Men Snatch Drone and iPad from Woman's Car, Police Say

By Eddie Small | October 5, 2016 3:19pm
 Police are looking for three suspects who they say broke into a woman's car in the South Bronx.
Police are looking for three suspects who they say broke into a woman's car in the South Bronx.
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MORRISANIA — A group of men snatched a drone and an iPad from a parked car in the South Bronx, police said.

The theft happened on Sept. 28 around 11:05 p.m. by 488 E. 163rd St., when the men broke into the car and grabbed a bookbag with an iPad and a drone equipped with a camera inside, according to the NYPD.

Dennis Aponte-Rivera, 19, has been arrested and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, but the other three suspects have not been caught yet, police said.

Video shows the suspects walking up to multiple parked cars and appearing to try to break into them.

Officers described the three suspects who are still at large as men between 18 and 20 years old who stand between 5 feet 7 inches and 6 feet tall.

One was last seen wearing a blue baseball hat, a dark jacket and light pants; another was last seen in a dark jacket and dark pants; and the third was last seen in a dark jacket and light pants, police said.

Aponte-Rivera was arraigned on Sept. 29 and released on his own recognizance, and he is due back in court on Dec. 6, according to the Bronx District Attorney's Office.

He has no priors and downplayed his role in the break-in, saying that he was "just the look out," according to police and court documents.

Anyone with information about this incident 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.