EAST NEW YORK – THREE ROBBERS POSING as house cleaners robbed an East New York couple of over $100,000 in jewelry last week, police said.
At around 9:27 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, an unidentified woman knocked on the door of the home of a man, 31, and woman, 30, at Vandalia and Fountain avenues, claiming to represent a cleaning agency. As the residents opened the door, the woman, along with two other men, displayed firearms and forced their way inside. They then entered a bedroom and stole jewelry estimated to be worth $118,000, along with a purse, wallets and credit cards.
The thieves fled south on Fountain Avenue. No injuries were reported.
The female robber was last seen wearing a black jacket, a white T-shirt, black pants, a black hat and black sneakers. The second robber, a man, was last seen wearing a dark-colored jacket and a dark-colored hat. The third, also a man, was last seen wearing a multicolored blue sweatshirt, dark-colored pants and black sneakers.
Anyone with information regarding 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 Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X @NYPDTips.