NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A burglary crew has stolen at least five ATM machines—and a dog—in a spree spanning Brooklyn and Queens that has netted them at least $57,000 in cash and other loot.
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Police released images and video Thursday of multiple suspects and a white van they’re searching for in the weeks-long burglary spree in September.
Video shows the thieves breaking into a deli at Glenmore and New Jersey avenues in East New York in the early morning hours of Sept. 13.
The trio used burglary tools to open multiple locks on a metal security gate. Once inside the business, they stole an ATM containing $7,340, a cash register containing $2,800 and merchandise valued at $13,000.
They also stole a dog from the deli before fleeing in a white van, police said.
Video shows one of the suspects grabbing the dog and walking out the front door as his accomplices haul away the ATM.
The dog has since been located unharmed and reunited with his owner, police said.
The crooks’ first reported theft was at a deli at Jamaica Avenue and 123rd Street in Richmond Hill on Sept. 1. They stole an ATM containing $8,200 and fled in the white van.
The crooks burglarized a Payomatic at Linden and Farmers boulevards in St. Albans two days later on Sept. 3, making off with an ATM with $15,000 cash.
Less than a week later, on Sept. 8, they were at it again in the Flatlands, where they stole an ATM containing $10,000 from a business at E. 54th Street and Flatlands Avenue. They also grabbed $400 from a register and $500 in merchandise before fleeing, police said.
Their latest reported haul was on Sept. 15 in Richmond Hill, where they forced their way into a deli at 91st Avenue and 104th Street and stole an ATM. Detectives are still working with the ATM company to determine how much was stolen in that raid.
No injuries were reported in the burglaries, according to police.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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