Staten Island Thief Eludes Police Dragnet

Even the police set up a "massive dragnet" to find a thief who tried to steal a safe from home in Staten Island's Todt Hill section, the thief still managed get away! The Staten Island Advance explained in spite of a "a helicopter with heat-sensing equipment as well as uniformed and plainclothes officers," the cops still lost track of a suspect who had returned to 70 Beebe Street to complete the task of stealing the safe. A cop reportedly said on the police radio, "I hear him in here! I can't find him! It's pitch black!" but the perp may have escaped by jumping out of a second floor window. The thief is also suspected in five other break-ins.