According to McMahon, there are roughly 10 recent Staten Island crimes that appear to fit a crime pattern believed to be committed by a \u201csmall group\u201d the district attorney has dubbed \u201cThe Crowbar Crew.\u201d The crime spree matching the pattern observed by law enforcement occurred between Feb. 1 and Feb. 9.<\/p>\n
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(From left to right) District Attorney Michael E. McMahon, Assistant Chief Melissa Eger, the NYPD borough commander, and Borough President Vito Fossella outside the 121st Precinct in Graniteville after a press conference discussing a crime pattern on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n
McMahon is asking residents to lock their cars and secure their keys in a safe place, as this crew is believed to be attempting to break into homes to secure keys to high-end luxury vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cLock your windows, lock your doors,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want people to live in fear, but we want people to be careful.\u201d<\/p>\n
The district attorney further urged residents to check their cameras and to report any suspicious activity to their local NYPD precinct.<\/p>\n
Eger reinforced McMahon\u2019s points and encouraged residents to lock their entrances and report suspicious activity. She also suggested residents utilize exterior lighting when possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut part of why we\u2019re here today is to remind the people of Staten Island to be vigilant and to take caution,\u201d Fossella said. \u201cThere are bad people on the streets. The effort and the goal is to get rid of them so that you can live in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
While officials want residents to take precautions, law enforcement is also taking actions of its own to address this crime pattern.<\/p>\n
In response, the NYPD has increased patrols to the affected areas, particularly during overnight hours. Additionally, law enforcement has increased the number of unmarked vehicles used by officers.<\/p>\n
Detectives are working in close collaboration on this case and \u201cwill not stop until this pattern is closed and the perpetrators are in custody,\u201d Eger said.<\/p>\n
Although burglars were able to steal a Range Rover from a Dongan Hills residence<\/a> in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 1, the crew was unsuccessful in breaking into two other Todt Hill homes that same morning, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n The NYPD is seeking the public\u2019s help in identifying three men sought for questioning in connection to the Feb. 1 break-in attempts.<\/p>\n Anyone with information regarding this burglary pattern is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, in Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n \u201cYour tip can be the missing piece that helps us shut down this pattern,\u201d Eger said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Local law-enforcement officials are urging Staten Island residents to remain vigilant and take precautions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-132289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132289","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=132289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}