A new video shows a pair of clumsy robbers using crowbars to smash through the glass door of a Queens drug store, but police say they got away with nothing.
According to authorities, the two men showed up at the pharmacy on 108th Street near Corona 45th Street around 6 a.m. on Dec. 15 and broke down the roll-down gate.
Surveillance footage released by the NYPD late Thursday shows one of the suspects attempting to pry or break the lock with a crowbar, but fails, before handing the tool over to the suspect. There is. A friend who managed to break one of the glass doors.
According to police, the clumsy pair broke into the store, but ended up escaping empty-handed.
But authorities say the thefts captured on video were part of a two-week pattern that included eight incidents in which the suspects netted more than $3,000, lottery tickets and drugs, sometimes involving a third accomplice. It is said that it is part of the
Police said the series of robberies began around 5 a.m. Dec. 6 when one of the men broke down the gate of another drug store on Main Street near 72nd Drive in Kew Gardens.
Two other scammers then broke into the store and stole about $200 and $35 worth of lottery tickets, authorities said.
About an hour passed before the trio broke through the glass front door of yet another pharmacy on 164th Street, near 64th Street in Fresh Meadows, and stole about $100 from the cash register, police said.
Another botched robbery occurred around 5 a.m. on Dec. 12, when a lone suspect attempted to break down the roll-down gate of a drug store on 51st Street near 31st Street in Woodside, but was unable to do so, authorities said. announced.
Police say the man gave up and fled the scene empty-handed in a gray Infiniti sedan.
The suspect, joined by two accomplices, tried again 30 minutes later to break through the exterior gate of another business on 30th Street near 23rd Street in Astoria, police said.
The miscreants then tried to throw concrete blocks at the window but were still unable to gain entry, authorities said.
Police say the next robbery attempt took place around 5:50 a.m. on Dec. 15, when a lone thug acted alone and opened the front glass door of a drug store on 39th Street near 63rd Street in Woodside. I broke it.
According to police, the man stole approximately $400 from the vehicle and fled the scene.
Authorities said the two suspects also targeted a pharmacy on 108th Street near 63rd Drive in Forest Hills around 6:20 p.m.
They broke the glass door and gained entry, grabbed “various narcotics,” and jumped into an Infiniti sedan with a third person behind the wheel, police said.
The last robbery occurred around 5:50 a.m. on Dec. 20, when police said they broke the lock securing the roll-down gate of a drug store on 13th Street near 81st Street in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
He then used a crowbar to break a window and stuffed his most expensive stash – $2,400 and more drugs – into a bag, police said.
Authorities say he left in an Infiniti sedan, again driven by an accomplice.
No arrests have been made in connection with the early morning binge drinking.
Anyone with information about the crime 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 tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website. https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or with X @NYPDTips.
