TUNNELS ARE FOREVER
Three thieves cleaned out a Tribeca jewelry store after tunneling in from a neighboring sushi joint on Chambers St. on Nov. 3.
The trio entered the Japanese restaurant between Broadway and Church Sts. at 3:38 a.m., and breached a rear wall inside the next-door jewelry store about three hours later, cops said.
Inside, the burglars plundered a display case and nabbed an undetermined number of necklaces valued at around $10,000, according to police.
Their loot in hand, the crooks fled the way they came, and headed towards Canal St. with their ill-gotten jewels, cops said.
PANTS PERP
A shoplifter nabbed some pants form a Grand St. department store on Nov. 1.
An employee told police that the suspect was spotted on surveillance video inside the store between West Broadway and Wooster St. at 5 p.m., when he grabbed four pairs of jeans, altogether worth $2,400, and scrammed.
LOOTING SPREE
Thieves broke into and looted no less than four cars parked across Lower Manhattan last week, including two on King St., between Oct. 29 and Nov. 4
One victim told police that she left her car on King St. near Sixth Ave. at 11:45 a.m. on Oct. 29 and returned the next day to find her rear window smashed and her property, including cash and a makeup bag, missing.
The second King St. victim reported she parked her car between Sixth Ave. and Varick St. at 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 30, and returned a few hours later to find her window bashed in and her purse, which contained her cellphone, credit cards and jewelry valued at $1,940, missing.
Another motorist told police he parked his car on Vandam St. between Hudson and Greenwich Sts. at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 29, and returned the next day to find his driver-side window shattered and a purse containing credit cards pinched.
The final theft occurred on Liberty St. between Broadway and Nassau St. at 1 p.m. on Nov. 4, when a thief smashed a rear window to gain entry to a parked car and nabbed a wallet, cops said.
PICKED
A pickpocket nabbed a woman’s purse from her jacket on Pearl St. on Oct. 28.
The victim told police that she was near William St. at 1 p.m., when another pedestrian bumped into her, and later she discovered that her wallet had been stolen.
BIKE BANDIT
A thief rode off with a man’s motorcycle that he parked on Duane St. on Nov. 5.
The victim told police that he left his Ducati crotch rocket between Staple and Hudson Sts. at 6 p.m., and returned a few hours later to find it stolen.
LAPTOP LARCENY
Cops are hunting a crook who nabbed six laptops from an Exchange Pl. office building on Oct. 29.
An employee told police that a thief managed to unlock the office between Broad and William Sts. at 5 p.m., and nab a half-dozen laptops worth $1,500.
The office is frequented by some 40 employees, and saw contractors coming in and out during the time of the theft, cops said.
— COLIN MIXSON
