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    Phony Amazon worker stole $35K in cash, jewelry — and kid’s savings — in NYC home burglary spree

    By Amanda Woods,

    2024-03-21

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    A phony Amazon worker has ripped off nearly $35,000 in jewelry and valuables — including cash stashed for a 12-year-old girl — during a months-long burglary spree, authorities said.

    The prowler — seen in surveillance video wearing an Amazon delivery vest — is suspected in a string of nine cat burglaries and break-ins from January 2023 to March 5, targeting the Astoria, Sunnyside and Long Island City neighborhoods, police said.

    In a Feb. 28 heist — the one that netted him the most loot — the thief entered through the window of a home at 39th Place and 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 28 and stole about $9,000 and $1,800 worth of unspecified property, cops said.

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    The Amazon vest-wearing thief ripped off nearly $35,000 in jewelry, cash and other valuables, cops said. NYPD

    That victim, single mother Estrla Islas, told FOX 5 that the burglar made his way inside through a bathroom window, rummaged through her drawers and closets and stole the money she’d saved for her 12-year-old daughter.

    “He took almost like $9,000,” Islas told the network. “$9,000 in cash.”

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    In the March 5 case, the suspect crept in through the window of a home at 53rd Street and Skillman Avenue, also in Sunnyside, cops said.

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    In one late February home invasion, he allegedly made off with $9,000 in cash. NYPD

    He stole $6,500 worth of jewelry and other property, in addition to about $200 in cash, authorities said.

    That case was one of at least five incidents in which the thief pocketed jewelry, according to police.

    In total, he has made off with an estimated $34,705 in cash, jewelry and other items, cops said.

    The cat burglar was still on the loose as of Thursday.

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