{"id":124586,"date":"2026-02-06T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124586\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:47:27","slug":"burglars-target-douglaston-drug-store-steal-a-cheap-baseball-bat-after-string-of-december-heists-nypd-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124586\/","title":{"rendered":"Burglars target Douglaston drug store, steal a cheap baseball bat after string of December heists: NYPD \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police are looking for four suspects involved in the burglary spree that targeted pharmacies across northeast Queens. <\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n

After laying low for the month of January, members of a burglary crew that targeted pharmacies across northeast Queens four times in December, were back in action during the early morning hours of Monday, Feb, 2.<\/p>\n

Police from the 111th Precinct<\/a> in Bayside<\/a> reported that two masked men broke into a drug store at 245-34 Horace Harding Expressway in Douglaston<\/a> just before 4:45 a.m. After breaking the front door with an unknown object to gain entry, the perpetrators removed a baseball bat, while a third suspect waited in their getaway car outside the pharmacy. The trio drove off in a black Porsche with the stolen bat that is valued at approximately $20.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe perpetrators got into a Porsche driven by a third suspect and sped away with a baseball bat worth a measly $20, police said.Photo courtesy of the NYPD
\"CopsCops are looking for these masked men who broke into a Douglaston pharmacy and stole a baseball bat.Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n

It was a paltry score for the burglars after their month-long hiatus. The last time they struck was in the confines of the 109th Precinct<\/a> in Flushing<\/a> on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 30. At 5:30 a.m., two men forcibly entered a pharmacy located at 45-12 Parsons Blvd. by breaking the front door. Once inside, they removed approximately $11,000 and various prescription medications before getting back into the Mercedes SUV driven by a third man who sped off in an unknown direction, police said.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe thieves used a black Infiniti during their December heists.Photo courtesy of the NYPD<\/p>\n

Investigators determined that the burglars made a foray into the Bronx earlier that morning in the confines of the 43rd Precinct<\/a>, where two of them broke into a pharmacy at 1967 Westchester Ave. just before 5 a.m. and removed various prescription medications. They then fled with a third individual in a white Mercedes SUV, heading back to Queens.<\/p>\n

Police say the burglary spree began on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 20, when three individuals forcibly entered a medical business located at 42-62 Kissena Blvd. by breaking the front door at 6 a.m. Once inside, the three men removed approximately $9,800 and various prescription medications.<\/p>\n

Ten minutes later, two of the burglary suspects broke into a pharmacy next door at 42-60 Kissena Blvd., where they entered through the front door and removed approximately $3,800 and various prescription medications, according to the NYPD. The two men jumped into a black Infiniti occupied by two other individuals before speeding off in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n

About a half hour later, three members of the burglary crew forcibly entered a pharmacy located at 177-05 Union Tpke. by breaking the front door at 6:45 a.m., police said. While inside, they removed approximately $300 in cash, a safe and various prescription medications. They reentered the black Infiniti with the fourth man behind the wheel and drove off in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n

The NYPD released surveillance images of the four suspects but offered no descriptions because their features were hidden by masks and hoods. Images of their getaway vehicles were also released.\n<\/p>\n

A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to their arrest and indictment.\n<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding these burglary investigations is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at\u00a0 or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n

Through Feb. 1, the 111th Precinct has reported 18 burglaries so far in 2026, 11 fewer than the 29 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 37.9%, according to the most recent CompStat report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are looking for four suspects involved in the burglary spree that targeted pharmacies across northeast Queens. Photo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10392,13986,10394,212,54233,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-124586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-109th-precinct","9":"tag-111th-precinct","10":"tag-burglaries","11":"tag-burglary","12":"tag-burglary-spree","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}