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Locker room thief targets Ridgewood gym-goers
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
If you’re going for a workout in
Ridgewood, you may want to
think twice about bringing your
valuables with you.
Police are looking for a bandit who
breached secured lockers at a neighborhood
gym three times in two days
this month, stealing the victims’ wallets
and cash.
Authorities said all of the theft s
took place during daytime hours
on Jan. 3 and 4 inside of the Planet
Fitness located at 329 Wyckoff Ave.,
on the Ridgewood/Bushwick border.
In the Jan. 3 incident, law enforcement
sources noted, the suspect
broke into a 46-year-old man’s locker
at about noon and removed a wallet
and cash valued at $900.
Cops said the bandit returned to
the gym twice more on Jan. 4, burglarizing
a 35-year-old man’s locker
at 12:15 p.m. to steal a wallet and cash
valued at $700; and then broke into a
36-year-old man’s locker at 4:30 p.m.,
stealing a wallet and cash valued
at $200.
All of the incidents were reported
to the 104th Precinct.
On Jan. 19, the NYPD released images
of the locker room thief; he’s described
A locker room thief targeted the Planet Fitness on Wyckoff Avenue in Ridgewood this month, according to
police.
as a white man in his late teens or early
20s who was last seen wearing a white
T-shirt, a black hooded sweatshirt and
black pants.
Anyone with information regarding
his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA), visit the Crime Stoppers
Photo via Google Maps/Inset courtesy of NYPD
website, send a direct message on Twitter
to @NYPDTips or a text message to
274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All
calls and messages are kept confi dential.
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