Woman disguised as cleaner wanted in $122,000 apartment heist, New York City police say
A woman disguised as a cleaner allegedly helped pull off a $122,000 heist with two other suspects during a brazen armed home invasion in New York City.
The burglary happened last Friday morning at a building near Vandalia Avenue and Fountain Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.
Police said the woman knocked on the door to an apartment and pretended to be with a cleaning agency before the three drew guns on a couple in their 30s who answered.
No arrests have been made.
Brooklyn armed burglars stole jewelry, credit cards, NYPD says
The armed suspects forced their way inside the unit and went to the bedroom, where they took jewelry worth an estimated $118,000, credit cards, wallets and a purse, police said.
The stolen property was worth approximately $122,000 in total, according to investigators.
The suspected trio fled on foot down Fountain Avenue toward Seaview Avenue, officials said.
The first suspect was described as a female wearing a black jacket, white T-shirt, black pants, a black hat and black sneakers. The second was described as a male wearing a dark jacket and dark hat. The third was described as a male wearing a multicolored blue sweatshirt, dark pants and black sneakers.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
Neighbors living in fear
Other residents of the building said the armed burglary left them fearful and anxious behind their locked doors.
"It makes you not trust anybody. It makes you not want to open your door to anybody," Shawna Abram said. "It's sad ... honestly really sad."
"How did they get in building?" Winston Hurley said. "I feel unsafe because we've been trying to tell these people they need security in these buildings."
Another neighbor said he got a Ring doorbell alert with what could be a picture of one of the suspects.
"Saw one individual with a hood on," Jesus Rodriguez said. "In retrospect, people should be more aware when opening up a door. I've been guilty of that myself once or twice."
