Man Breaks Into Washington Heights Buildings In Burglary Spree, Police Say

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man wanted in connection with a string of burglaries in Washington Heights, police told Patch.

The suspect burglarized at lest four neighborhood building during a week-long stretch of September, police said. The man wanted in connection with the burglaries would force open or somehow gain entry to the buildings before stealing tools or belongings of building residents, police said.

The first burglary occurred on Thursday, Sept. 21 at a senior center on Fort Washington Avenue and West 163rd Street, police said. The suspect forced open a building door and damaged some windows but didn't stea anything, police said.

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Two days later, the man gained entry to an apartment building on Fort Washington Avenue and West 160th Street, police said. Once inside the building, the man stole two boxes full of clothing and canned goods belonging to a building resident, police told Patch.

On Sept. 25 the man once again broke into the senior center on Fort Washington Avenue and West 163rd Street, this time stealing tools from the building's basement, police said. On Thursday, Sept. 28 the man stole more tools from a building on Riverside Drive near West 160th Street, police said.

Police did not have identifying details about the suspect's height or weight. Surveillance photos showed the man wearing a light colored baseball cap, a white jersey with the number 19 in blue, blue jeans and white sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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