Police from the 48th Precinct are searching for the thief who used a brick to break the glass door of a men’s fashion store in Belmont and stole more than $1,000 from the cash register inside on Thursday.
Police say an unidentified man approached Arthur Fashion, located at 2415 Arthur Ave., just before 6 a.m. on Feb. 22 and threw a brick through the store’s glass front door. Once inside, the thief smashed a cash register onto the ground and stole approximately $1,500 in cash before fleeing on foot northbound on Hughes Avenue.
There were no injuries reported as a result of the burglary, police said.
The NYPD released surveillance video and images of the suspect. The video shows the man, who is approximately 6 feet, 2 inches tall with a medium complexion, heavy build and facial hair, look around the street before using the brick to smash through the glass door.
He was last seen wearing a dark colored baseball cap, glasses, a dark colored vest with a fluorescent yellow shirt underneath, dark colored pants and white sneakers, police said.
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Anyone with information in regard to the burglary of the fashion store is asked to call the NYPD’s 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 crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.