Hooded Thief Hit 4 NYC Businesses In A Month And Got $390: Cops

NEW YORK, NY — Police are looking for a masked thief who hit up four New York City businesses over the last month, but only walked away with $390.

The suspect — who wore what looks like a track suit with a mask, gloves and hood — tried to steal from a Greenwich Village bar, two Brooklyn restaurants and a Brooklyn dry cleaner in August. They were only successful twice, though, once getting away with $90 and another time stealing $300 from a cash register.

In the first burglary, where police caught the person on video, the thief forced open a security gate and the front door just before 5 a.m. on Aug. 6 at the Madame X bar on West Houston Street in Manhattan. They took a safe from the office and carried it outside, but then left it unopened on the sidewalk, police said.

A few weeks later, the same person forced open a security gate and the front door of a Little Caesar's Pizza at 1482 Flatbush Ave. around 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 18. This time, the person tried to force open a cash register but ended up leaving empty handed.

The thief then made their way to a Park Slope restaurant, Bombay Kabab on Seventh Avenue, where they broke in through an unlocked back door just before 11 p.m. on Aug. 26. The person took $90 from the cash register.

A few days later, the person broke into Park's Laundry and Tailor at 628 Kings Highway around 5 a.m. Aug. 29. They were able to take the cash register's drawer, which had $300, before running away.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male 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 CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.