Package-Swiping Thief Stole $2K Worth Of Clothes, Cops Say

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A thief took off with more than $2,000 worth of clothing last month, police said.

An unidentified man stole packages from outside a Bushwick building on Sept. 10, said police. In the packages, which were delivered to 11A Eldert St., was about $2,200 worth of clothes, the NYPD said.

The packages belonging to a 35-year-old woman who lived at the apartment building were swiped at 1:50 p.m., police said.

In surveillance video of the incident distributed by the NYPD, a man carrying Dunkin Donuts bag and a black garbage bag opens a gate next to the building's stoop and enters an area where about five packages are on the ground. He then puts three of the packages in his garbage back, hoists the bag over his head and walks off with it, after leaving the Dunkin Donuts bag in the gated area.

The thief then fled the scene in an unknown direction, according to police.

Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact police.