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Burglars Steal $13,000 Cash, Electronics, Jewelry From Eliot Avenue Home: NYPD

The two burglars made off with cash, electronics and jewelry in the Wednesday afternoon robbery. (NYPD)

Feb. 11, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan

Police are searching for two men they say burglarized a home in Middle Village last week and made off with thousands of dollars in cash, electronics and jewelry.

On Feb. 6, around 4:40 p.m., the two men used a tool to forcibly pry open the basement window grate at a home on Eliot Avenue, police say.

The burglars used a tool to pry open a window grate. (NYPD)

After slipping inside, the men stole $13,000 in cash, a laptop, three iPads and assorted jewelry.

The two men are seen wearing dark colored hoodies, dark pants and sneakers.

Anyone with information in regards to 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).

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Tilman Haertig February 12th, 2019

Terrible but only fools store that kind of money at home!!!!!!!!!!!!

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