Police hunting two thieves who posed as repairmen in a Bronx heist that netted a safe containing $30,000 rlealeased photos of the pair Friday hoping for help from the public.
The victim told police the crooks identified themselves as repairmen around 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, and said they were there to check out a reported leak coming from his Courtlandt Ave. apartment near E.150th St. in Melrose, police.said.
Cops are hunting these men suspected of posing as repairmen to nab a safe containing ,000 from a Bronx apartment. (NYPD)When the 43-year-old victim opened the door, one of the thieves pressed a knife to his throat while the other tied his hands with duct tape, cops said.
The crooks then used a crowbar to break into a locked room where the safe was, according to law enforcement.
The robbers fled with the safe holding the cash, and also with an iPad and passport, cops said.
Police are asking anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stopper’s Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS.
