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Man Breaks Into Ridgewood Home, Steals Safe Containing $3K Cash: NYPD

May 4, 2021 By Allie Griffin

A burglar broke into a Ridgewood home Saturday and stole a safe containing thousands of dollars.

The man climbed through a basement window of a house near 60th Place and Grove Street at 6 p.m., police said.

He grabbed a safe that had approximately $3,000 inside and fled, police said. The NYPD released video of the suspect.

Anyone with information in regard 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).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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Sara Ross

How did he know there was a safe in the house? Some pieces are missing to this puzzle.

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