Person Trashed, Burglarized Several Businesses In Bayside: Cops

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — The police are still looking for a person who they say burglarized and trashed several businesses in Bayside on Bell Boulevard early in the morning of May 17.

The rampage began around 1:13 a.m. on Monday, May 17, when the person forced open the door of Nippon Cha — a Japanese eatery and tea house located at 39-34 Bell Boulevard — and destroyed many items inside the restaurant, according to the NYPD.

Then, at around 1:39 a.m., police say that the person went nearby to 35-15 Bell Boulevard, a market and flower shop called Bayside Milk Farm, where they forced open the front door and stole a cell phone and power tool from inside the shop.

Finally, around 1:50 a.m., the individual broke into Whitestone Plumbing Supply by breaking the glass of the front door and stole eight power tools from the store, which is located at 36-60 Bell Boulevard.

The police did not provide a description of the person who broke into and trashed the businesses, but they did include video footage from a nearby camera.

The NYPD asked that anyone with information about these incidents call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) or submit a tip online or on Twitter.