Two men posing as NYCHA employees entered a Cypress Hill public housing apartment in Brooklyn at gunpoint on Aug. 11 and stole $7,000 in cash and roughly $200,000 in jewelry. One stolen item was an Audemars Piguet watch that can retail for tens of thousands of dollars. The suspects fled on foot and the resident was not injured. One suspect was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt and green sweatpants; the other was wearing a blue sweater. A separate July incident in Queens involved three masked men using a stun gun to steal $500,000 in jewelry. Social media flashing of riches is suggested as a possible targeting method.
According to Gothamist, a woman living in the Cypress Hill public housing complex in Brooklyn was relieved of more than $200,000 worth of money and jewelry after two men posed as NYCHA employees and entered her home at gunpoint to commit the robbery on Aug. 11. How they knew this particular person was balling while living in the projects is anyone's guess, but they definitely hit a sweet lick as they made off with $7,000 in cash and roughly $200,000 in jewelry.
Officials said one of the stolen items was an Audemars Piguet watch, which can retail for tens of thousands of dollars. The men fled on foot in an unknown direction, and the woman was not injured during the incident, the NYPD said. One of the suspects was last seen wearing a green sweatshirt and green sweatpants, while the other was last seen wearing a blue sweater, according to police.
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