Thief uses brick to smash through glass door in burglary of Belmont fashion store: NYPD

Police from the 48th Precinct are searching for the thief who used a brick to break the glass door of a men’s fashion store in Belmont and stole more than $1,000 from the cash register inside on Thursday.

Police say an unidentified man approached Arthur Fashion, located at 2415 Arthur Ave., just before 6 a.m. on Feb. 22 and threw a brick through the store’s glass front door. Once inside, the thief smashed a cash register onto the ground and stole approximately $1,500 in cash before fleeing on foot northbound on Hughes Avenue.

There were no injuries reported as a result of the burglary, police said.

The NYPD released surveillance video and images of the suspect. The video shows the man, who is approximately 6 feet, 2 inches tall with a medium complexion, heavy build and facial hair, look around the street before using the brick to smash through the glass door.

He was last seen wearing a dark colored baseball cap, glasses, a dark colored vest with a fluorescent yellow shirt underneath, dark colored pants and white sneakers, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to the burglary of the fashion store is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.