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Thief smashes window of Bronx Popeyes, steals safe holding $2K: video
Video released by cops late Tuesday shows the suspect repeatedly chucking the stone at the window of the fast-food joint until he created a big enough opening to creep through.
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Thief smashes window of Bronx Popeyes, steals safe holding $2K: video
By
Amanda Woods
October 27, 2021 10:44am
Updated
Man breaks into Bronx Popeye’s, steals safe holding $200K
This is the moment a brazen thief uses a rock to smash the window of a Bronx Popeyes — and rip off a safe holding $2,000.
Video released by cops late Tuesday shows the suspect repeatedly chucking the stone at the window of the fast-food joint on Third Avenue near East 148th Street in Mott Haven around 6 a.m. Oct. 10 — until he created a big enough opening to creep through, according to the clip released late Tuesday.
Police are still looking for this man who managed to steal $2K from a Bronx Popeyes on October 26, 2021.NYPD 
Video released by the NYPD shows a man repeatedly throwing a rock a Bronx Popeyes window on October 26, 2021.NYPD 
The thief manages to create a hole large enough for him to shimmy his way into the store. NYPD 
The man then hops over the counter, slipping into the back of the store.NYPDHe then crawls on the floor and shimmies through the opening of the Plexiglas barrier on the counter, the footage shows.
Once inside a back room, the suspect picks up a safe with $2,000 inside, the clip shows.
He then ran off, safe in tow, according to cops.
The thief manages to get into the office where the safe is located, picks it up and slips out the back of the store.NYPDCops are still looking for the suspect — who at the start of the clip is wearing a Fila brand jacket and jeans.
When he left the eatery, the jacket was gone, and he simply wore a long-sleeved gray shirt.