Crime & Safety
Police Seek Shirtless St. Francis Statue Tipper
Surveillance footage released Thursday shows a man knocking over a statue outside the Blessed Sacrament Church in Cypress Hills.
CYPRESS HILLS, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the shirtless man who knocked a statue of St. Francis off its pedestal.
Surveillance footage captured outside the Blessed Sacrament Church at 198 Euclid Ave. shows the unidentified statue-tipper making his move around 7:20 a.m. on Nov. 11, said police.
The shirtless suspect gives the statue of St. Francis three good shoves before successfully knocking it into a nearby hedge.
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The base was knocked off its pedestal but the statue, which was cushioned by the hedge, did not appear to have been damaged.
Police describe the suspect as a man in his early twenties, last seen wearing a white baseball cap, white jeans white sneakers and no shirt.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
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