NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two men impersonating New York City Housing Authority workers stole over $200,000 worth of cash and jewelry from a woman's Brooklyn home earlier this month, authorities said Monday.
The suspects entered a residential building in the Cypress Hills Houses located in the vicinity of Sutter Avenue and Euclid Avenue at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 11 by impersonating NYCHA employees, officials said.
Once inside the building, the men displayed firearms to a 25-year-old woman and took approximately $7,000 and jewelry valued at approximately $200,000, cops said.
The suspects then fled on foot to parts unknown. There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.