Crime & Safety
SEE: Carroll Gardens Yoga Studio Thief Waves To Camera Mid-Heist
The man walked in and out of the studio five times to take eight chairs, a blender, a grill and a box of toilet paper, police said.
CAROLL GARDENS, BROOKLYN — A very patient thief made his way in and out of an unlocked door at a Carroll Gardens yoga studio five times before leaving with an unusual loot of chairs, blenders and toilet paper last month, video of the crime shows.
Police are still looking for the man, who came through the front door of the Vayu Yoga Center at 259 Columbia Street just after 3 a.m. on Feb. 23. NYPD released a video of his crime this week.
In the video, the man can first be sitting in the yoga studios waiting room, presumably earlier that day. He sits up and down a few times, checking his phone and, apparently, checking out the surveillance camera near his seat.
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But the camera didn't discourage him from carrying out his crime.
When the man returned later he waved to the camera before beginning to steal things from the waiting area. He made five trips in and out to steal eight black waiting room chairs, a red and black grill, a blender and a box of toilet paper, police said.
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He eventually fled in an unknown direction, police said.
Police described him as having a beard and a mustache and last seen wearing a gray sweater and red and black shorts.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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