Crime & Safety

Man Withdraws $400 With Card Stolen In Williamsburg Car Break-In

Police are looking for a man who took someone's bank card from their parked car earlier this month.

Police are looking for a man who took someone's bank card from their parked car earlier this month.
Police are looking for a man who took someone's bank card from their parked car earlier this month. (NYPD )

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who used a stolen bank card to withdraw hundreds of dollars earlier this month.

At 10:30 a.m. on April 1 a 35-year-old man came back to his car, which was parked near Skillman Avenue and Humboldt Street, to find that someone had stolen things from inside, police said.

Investigators found out that someone had taken the man's bank card out of the car around 1 a.m. The thief then used the card to withdraw $400 cash from an ATM, police said.

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Police described the suspect as being in his twenties; last seen wearing a green cap and dark gray jacket.

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, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

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