East Village Burglaries Have Residents On Edge

Police are seeking a suspect believed to be involved in nine burglaries in the East Village on East 9th, 11th, and 13th Streets, St. Marks Place, and Avenues B and C. According to MyFoxNY, "The brazen burglar has struck at least nine apartments from March 10 through April 3, police said. He even hit one building twice in one day -- once in the morning and once at night."

Apparently the suspect—police released a photograph of him—usually enters apartments through windows, though he has entered by a rear door, roof and sliding door. One victim told WCBS 2 that the burglar left "Some of our cutlery, our kitchen knives, upstairs on [a roommate's] bed - so basically, [the burglar] was protecting himself"; in this instance, police believe he was "buzzed into the building... then walked up to the roof, disabled the door alarm, and came into the apartment through the windows."

A list of the burglaries is after the jump. Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers (800 577 TIPS/8477), log on WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or text 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577 and the tip.

Via MyFoxNY:

1. 03/10/10 at 1600 suspect entered 410 East 13 St apt 3A through Roof/sliding door
2. 03/10/10 at 0730 suspect entered 410 East 13 St apt 6B through window
3. 03/12/10 at 1600 suspect entered 416 East 11 St through rear door
4. 03/14/10 at 1800 suspect entered 316 East 11 St Apt 4c through window
5. 03/14/10 at 2000 suspect entered 121 St. Marks Plc through window
6. 03/17/10 at 1900 suspect entered 339 East 9 St through window
7. 03/17/10 at 2300 suspect entered 343 East 9 St through roof
8. 03/20/10 at 0149 suspect entered 207 Ave B through window
9. 04/03/10 at 2210 suspect entered 153 Ave C through window

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By Jen Chung in News on April 11, 2010 5:10 PM

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wow 14th street

Usually, you can't rob an apartment though the roof that

may be the entry zone but you then have to go thru through

the door.Our LL put a loud siren on the roof door that is

started by a motion detector,if this rat shit LL can do that so can those bldg.owners that have been victims.

wow 14th street

10 to one his name is "Angel" .

He probably learned how to do these burglaries of

old tenements in the 1970's when there were hundreds

of these guys doing breakin's in that neighborhood.

Use window gates ,leave a light on at night and put

a sign (even though it won't be read) for your neighbors

not to buzz in strangers.

seemjay

I think this guy lives in the area. Maybe hes worked in these buildings? He knows the layout and when people are not home. The knife thing is scary. Somebody will recognize him.