Thief Snags $12K In Jewelry, Bags From West Village Home: Cops

WEST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN — A thief was able to snag $12,000 worth of cash, bags and jewelry after breaking into a West Village home with what seems to be a massive, luxury closet.

The man forced his way through the locked door at the home, found near West 13th Street and Greenwich Avenue, just after 2 a.m. on Monday, cops said.

Once inside, he grabbed several handbags and jewelry from the home, which looked like a small store given the number of racks, shelves and rows of clothes and accessories piled inside, according to police and video.

Police said the handbags and jewelry have a combined estimated value of $12,000.

They have released several photos of the man taken from what appears to be a surveillance video camera set up inside the home:

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The burglary is the latest big-time heist in Lower Manhattan's 6th Precinct, although all others have been at high-end stores rather than residences.

Most recently two women stole nearly $30,000 worth of items from The RealReal. Before that, a group of thieves broke into a Jimmy Choo on Greene Street and stole $36,000 in wallets and purses and masked thieves busted into the Mackage Clothing Boutique and took 52 coats worth $40,000 total, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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.