The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the male depicted in the attached surveillance photo and video for a grand larceny that occurred within the 42 Precinct in Bronx.
The details are as follows.
It was reported to police that on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at approximately 1925 hours, a unidentified male individual did enter a store located at 1255 Westchester Avenue and was seen removing a bag of jewelry that was left on a shelf belonging to a 69-year-old male victim. The male individual then exited the store on foot with the property valued at approximately $20,000.
The individual is described as a male, Hispanic; medium complexion, heavy set, with black long dread locks and last seen wearing a white tan top, orange shorts, black Nike sandals and black socks.
Surveillance photographs of the suspect are attached and available at DCPI.
Anyone with information related to 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 or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.