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NYPD: Brooklyn Burglary Suspects Posed As Construction Workers To Target Elderly Victim

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for three suspected burglars who they say targeted an elderly Brooklyn man.

Police say the suspects posed as construction workers to get into the home of an 86-year-old man on April 6.

Saying he needed to inspect a window, one of the suspects lured the man into a bathroom as the other two went into the bedroom and stole cash, according to police.

The suspects were seen on surveillance video.

Anyone with information should call police or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.

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