Grinch stealing Bronx packages caught on surveillance camera

MORRIS PARK, Bronx (WABC) -- The NYPD is searching for a package thief caught on camera ripping people off in the Bronx just weeks before the busy holiday season.

The video shows a man who police say has been swiping packages from homes in the Morris Park section.
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The first incident happened around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18 at a residence in the vicinity of Narragansett Avenue and Seminole Avenue. Authorities say the suspect removed packages containing a Gorilla Grip Bath Pillow, a ComfiLife memory foam pillow, a children's book and cartoon vocabulary cards with a combined value of $72.

He fled in a black SUV.
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The second incident happened around the time two days later at a residence in the vicinity of Tenbroeck Avenue and Rhinelander Avenue. Police say the suspect removed packages containing a Carhartt belt, Fuji film, Crayola markers and a Squishy Toy with a combined value of $100. He also fled in a black SUV.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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