Crime & Safety
Man Crashes Through Drywall To Rob West Village Restaurant: Cops
The man broke through drywall in the basement of a mexican restaurant on Carmine Street and stole $300, tax forms and iPads, cops said.
WEST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN — Cops are looking for a man who crashed through drywall at a Carmine Street restaurant to rob the safe inside last month.
The man broke through drywall to get into the basement of Jajaja Plantas Mexicanas restaurant at 63 Carmine St. just before 5 a.m. on Feb. 13, police said.
Once inside, he broke open a safe and took $300, three iPads and several W2 tax forms envelopes.
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The man fled the restaurant, police said. They have released several photos of him taken from surveillance video.
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Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the 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.
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