Thief robs Brooklyn building security guard, sells gains to bodega worker
Brooklyn NY Jan 22, 2022 A brazen thief robbed a security guard and stole from the Brooklyn apartment building where he worked before selling some of the ill-gotten goods to a nearby bodega, police and sources said.
The crook was armed with a switchblade when he first snatched an android cellphone from the 24-year-old security guard inside the building on Palmetto Street near Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick at about 5 a.m. Jan. 9, cops said.
The male suspect then took $2,700 in electronics and a case of hand sanitizer from the grounds and forced the victim to help him carry the boxes to a bodega less than a half-mile away on Broadway near Gates Avenue, police and sources said.
Surveillance footage from inside the store shows the thief smoking a cigarette while loading three boxes onto the counter.
A man behind the counter then hands the suspect cash before stowing the boxes in the corner, the video shows.
The suspect then purchased a beer, sources said, and was seen on camera swigging the beverage inside the bodega.
The crook remained on the loose as of early Friday.
The thief then took $2,700 in electronics and forced the victim to help him carry the stolen goods to a bodega less than a half-mile away on Broadway near Gates Avenue.
Sources said the bodega worker denied purchasing anything from the suspect when asked by police.
