Fake maintenance workers wanted for Queens home invasion

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Police released surveillance footage of two men accused of posing as fake maintenance workers in a Queens home invasion on Tuesday.

Just before 2 p.m., the pair of suspects approached a 28-year-old in the vicinity of Gates Avenue and Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, authorities said.

According to officials, one of them engaged in conversation with the 28-year-old male victim as he entered the residence, then displayed a firearm.

Both suspects entered the residence, where a 70-year-old woman was also inside and they forcefully stole $18,000 and a gold bracelet, cops said.

The suspects then fled the location in a dark-colored SUV heading westbound on Gates Avenue to parts unknown, and no injuries were reported regarding this incident.

Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).