Suspect arrested after series of home invasions targeting women in Brooklyn

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT (WABC) -- Police have arrested a suspect following a string of at least four burglaries targeting women in Brooklyn.

39-year old Jeffery Robinson of the Bronx has been linked to the fourth incident, and is charged with burglary, criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar's tools, assault and criminal mischief.

Police are trying to figure out if he is responsible for very similar home robberies in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Each time, a man creeps into an open window or unlocked door, startling women who believe their safe in their homes.

"I walked through my door and there was a man at my fridge. I started screaming, he started screaming and ran out of the back door," a victim said.

The woman who asked Eyewitness News not to give her name says she was robbed around 9 Sunday night at her Madison Street apartment.

The suspect got away with $2,500 worth of electronics, and she was not hurt.

But two weeks ago, police say the man caught on surveillance video broke into a home on Willoughby Avenue.

The victim's roommate confirms the 28-year-old was asleep when the suspect got in her room. He dropped her purse and ran away after being scared away by her friends in another room.

"The robber climbed on top of her and had his hand around her throat. He said something and she couldn't really understand him," said Lauren Ifill, the victim's roommate.

Earlier this month, a 27-year-old woman was also victimized in a Dekalb Avenue apartment around 4:30 that morning.

The suspect grabbed her throat then took off with $100.

A couple hours later, a man stole $270 and a debit card from a 25-year-old woman who was also sleeping in her Hart Street apartment.

Those affected have a piece of advice for New Yorkers.

"We've always felt really safe here. We're being really careful about not leaving fans in windows. I think that's good advice for everyone. That's definitely how he got in,"Ifill said.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at http://WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.