NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD zeroed in on a couple of burglary suspects in the Bronx, swooping in by helicopter.
Police say two suspects broke into the Sack A Suds laundromat on Morris Park Avenue in the Morris Park section by cutting a hole in the roof and sliding through the ceiling.
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He says the business has been robbed in the past.
“This has been something that’s been going on in this area for a couple of years, two, three years, and it’s a problem,” he said.
Police say the NYPD‘s aviation unit saw the two suspects fleeing on the roof of the laundromat and alerted the responding officers.
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— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) January 21, 2020
Thirty-year-old Francisco Barrera, of the Bronx, was arrested, along with a 16-year-old boy.
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