Video Shows Burglars Stealing Refrigerator From Queens Home

Jen Chung

Published Jul 19, 2018

Modified Jul 19, 2018

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Police in Queens are investigating a particularly chilling crime: The theft of a refrigerator.

Investigators say two men broke into a South Ozone Park home on July 15th, breaking and entering through a rear window and then stealing the fridge. The incident took place at 5:40 a.m. at 114-49 135 Street, and video shows two men walking away with the victim's refrigerator.

The pair then fled northbound on 135th Street in a white van with "U-Haul" and "1995" on the side. Police describe the suspects as a man with a beard who was last seen wearing a dark colored hooded sweater and dark colored pants, and the other as a man who is bald and heavy-set, who was last seen wearing a dark colored shirt, shorts and dark colored sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards 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 at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.