Crime & Safety
$11K Stolen From Coronavirus Doc's Brooklyn Hotel Room: Report
A woman caught on video is suspected of stealing $11,000 worth of jewelry from a front line worker's hotel room, police and reports say.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A Texas doctor in New York City to help fight the new coronavirus had $11,000 worth of jewelry and clothes stolen from her hotel room, police and reports said.
The burglary unfolded Saturday in The Brooklyn Hotel between Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights, where security footage captured a woman suspect walking down a hallway.
The woman forced her way into the doctor's locked hotel room at about 9 a.m. and stole clothing and jewelry.
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The victim was a doctor from Texas in town to help fight the new coronavirus, the New York Post first reported. She was staying at the Atlantic Avenue hotel.
Police ask anyone with information to call NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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