
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Don't let this man drive off in your forklift, police warn.
Cops are looking for the runaway forklift thief who's stolen four unattended trucks worth more than $100,000 from constructions sites across Brooklyn.
The forklift fiend has struck twice in Brownsville, driving off in a Hyundai forklift left on Barbey Street lot near Atlantic Avenue on March 31 and then stealing a Komatsu forklift from a Vermont Street construction site near Linden Boulevard on Sept. 6, police said.
Find out what's happening in Prospect Heights-Crown Heightsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
He stole two forklifts — a Hyster and a Chery — from inside 17 Varick St. in Greenpoint on Sept. 1, police said.
Most recently, the construction site crook took a 2016 Komatsu forklift from a construction site in East Flatbush's 67th precinct, said police.
Find out what's happening in Prospect Heights-Crown Heightsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Police released photos of the suspect Thursday afternoon and asked anyone with information about the thefts to contact the NYPD.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.