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NYPD: Real-Life Grinch Stole Christmas Presents From Family's Home
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Jan 26, 2016
Modified Jan 26, 2016
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Published Jan 26, 2016
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A real-life Grinch allegedly stole a pile of Christmas gifts from an apartment in the Bronx last month.
Cops say that at around 8 a.m. on Christmas Eve, a man entered a building on Southern Boulevard and Longwood Avenue, where he managed to get into one of the apartments. There, he allegedly stole two iPads, an iPhone 6, and several gifts that were sitting under the family's Christmas tree, before fleeing the apartment.
The NYPD says the burglar was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, and black sneakers. See surveillance video below:
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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