Staten Island Restaurant Burglar Unsuccessfully Tries To Hide His Face

The police are looking for a burglar who has struck two Staten Island restaurants in the same shopping mall four times since December.

According to the NYPD, the first incident happened between Saturday, December 5th at 11 p.m., and Sunday, December 6th, at 8:45 a.m., when the male suspect "entered a Subway restaurant located at 1650 Richmond Avenue, and removed $196 from the cash register and counter before fleeing the location."

Then, on Wednesday, December 30th, at 4 a.m., the burglar "threw a rock through the front window of Red Ginger, a restaurant located at 1650 Richmond Avenue, entered the location and removed $250 from the cash register and the counter."

Finally, this past Sunday, January 3rd, he struck again: Police say that a 3:30 a.m., the same burglar "threw a rock through the front door of Subway, a restaurant located at 1650 Richmond Avenue, entered the location and removed $228 from the cash register before fleeing the location."

Here's video from this past weekend's incident. As you can see, he tries to hide his face when he enters the restaurant, but you can pretty clearly see it from when he's peering inside:

Staten Island Restaurant Buglarby Gothamist

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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.