Man Nets $32,000 After Breaking Into Upper East Side Restaurant, Stealing Safe: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police are asking the public to help identify a man who stole tens of thousands of dollars last week from a restaurant on the Upper East Side

The man removed a side window to enter French restaurant Match Brasserie on Wednesday, Aug. 24 around 3:50 a.m., police told Patch. After breaking into the restaurant — on East 65th Street between Madison and Park avenues — the man found his way to the restaurant's office, where he grabbed the safe, police said. Inside the safe was a cool $32,000. Not a bad night's work for the alleged robber.

The suspect (pictured above) is described as bald and was last seen wearing a black shirt.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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