Phony 'Water Dept.' Burglars of Elderly Strike Again, This Time in West Village

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Phony 'Water Dept.' employees. Don't let them in!
​A trio of scumbag robbers posing as Water Dept. employees and victimizing the Bronx elderly are now linked to a similar case in the West Village, cops say. They talked their way into an 80-year-old woman's apartment at 87 Barrow Street on February 16. One of them distracted the old lady while the two others scooped up jewelry from her bedroom. She was unharmed; they fled.


Smash-And-Grab Burglar On a Spree Up at Columbia

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Watch out for this burglar
​Cops are searching for a burglar who has recently been smashing and grabbing in and around Columbia University. The suspect resembles Omar, but we know from The Wire that Omar doesn't bother citizens.

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