Surveillance image of the suspect.
Police are looking for help finding a man they say broke into La Boite en Bois on 68th Street on Wednesday afternoon and stole money and electronics. Here is the police account:
On Wednesday December 4, 2019, at approximately 1500 hours, inside 75 West 68th Street (La Boite En Bois Restaurant), an unidentified male gained entry by forcing open the front door and broke a second glass door. Once inside, the male removed approximately $650 and two tablets before fleeing in unknown direction.
Anyone with information in regard to the identity of the male is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
This is a stone’s throw from where I live. Is it me or does it truly feel like crime is closing in on us here in Lincoln Square?
It could be that the libs voted in a lousy mayor that doesn’t support law enforcement!
It could be because of social media/internet we are more aware when things happen so it seems like it’s more.
It could be none of this is real, and we’re all living in someone’s head, man.
Good to know that smashing a glass door and robbing a restaurant is still considered a “crime”. Now that urinating on the sidewalk and smoking dope outside is no longer a crime, and thus crime is therefore “down”, it’s good to see that at a minimum we still have some standards.
This is one of my favorite WSR comments of all time. Agree with you on all points, including the sarcasm.
Adam, how dare you speak the truth!
Keep telling us how crime is down. This restaurant has been there forever – I wonder if they can tell us last time they were broken into.
You all have to be more optimistic. I always look at the bright side of things.
If crime continues to rise on the UWS residents will flee the neighborhood.
Real estate prices will plunge. It will be like the 1970s and 1980s all over again.
Maybe I’ll be able to buy a big apartment in that new tower @ 200 Amsterdam for next to nothing!
Nuts, someone has already thought of my strategy. Guess we’ll all be fighting for the same “cheap” real estate at 200 Amsterdam.
LOL I like your optimism!
We need to call Helen Rosenthal and also call 311 to demand the city replace the 30 police officers we lost due to attrition in Precinct 20 over the past few years. Results from our tax dollars not being used for our community. Crime is up in our neighbourhood and that is not acceptable.
When 200 Amsterdam opens, suddenly there will be more policing.
Oh UWS you’ve asked for this last time you voted this mayor.
If you think this is bad, wait until the judicial reform enacted by your liberal politicians kicks in in January…. the criminals can’t stop laughing at how good it’s getting for them!
My favorite restaurant. Sorry to see this happen and in broad daylight, too.
I wonder if this is related to the new homeless encampment that the police are permitting at 68th and Broadway in front of the old Lowe’s hardware store. For the last two weeks, this encampment has been growing and, when I walked by early yesterday, the inhabitants were fighting and arguing and I crossed the street to avoid the danger/threat.
Are the police or whatever agency should be dealing with this going to clear this street corner out or is it now a permanent fixture on West 68th?