Newly released surveillance footage shows two suspects smashing their way into a Queens pharmacy with a crowbar, only to flee empty-handed.
The burglary, which took place at a drug store on 108th Street near 45th Avenue in Corona, occurred around 6 a.m. on December 15.
The NYPD shared the video on Thursday, capturing the moment one suspect unsuccessfully attempted to pick the lock before handing the crowbar to an accomplice, who broke through the glass door. Once inside, the two fled without taking anything, police said.
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Authorities have linked this failed burglary to a larger pattern of incidents across Queens and Brooklyn spanning two weeks.
The spree involved at least eight break-ins, netting the suspects—sometimes joined by a third accomplice—more than $3,000 in cash, lottery tickets, and narcotics, according to police.
The crime spree began on December 6 at 5 a.m., when one suspect broke into a pharmacy on Main Street near 72nd Drive in Kew Gardens.
After breaching the gate, two other individuals joined the suspect inside, where they took approximately $200 in cash and $35 in lottery tickets.
About an hour later, the group targeted another drug store on 164th Street near 64th Avenue in Fresh Meadows.
Breaking through the glass door, they took an additional $100 from the register.
Several days later, on December 12 at 5 a.m., a solo suspect attempted to break into a drug store on 51st Street near 31st Avenue in Woodside.
He failed to breach the roll-down gate and fled in a gray Infiniti sedan, police said.
That same morning, at approximately 5:30 a.m., the suspect, now joined by two accomplices, tried again at a pharmacy on 30th Avenue near 23rd Street in Astoria.
After failing to break the outer gate, the group resorted to throwing a cinderblock at a window but still couldn’t gain entry.
On December 15, around 5:50 a.m., a lone suspect managed to break the glass front door of a pharmacy on 39th Avenue near 63rd Street in Woodside.
He made off with $400 in cash before fleeing.
Shortly after, at approximately 6:20 a.m., two suspects struck a pharmacy on 108th Street near 63rd Drive in Forest Hills.
Using a crowbar, they smashed the glass door, entered the store, and stole narcotics.
The duo then escaped in an Infiniti sedan driven by a third individual.
The final burglary in the spree occurred on December 20 at 5:50 a.m. at a drug store on 13th Avenue near 81st Street in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
The suspects broke the locks on the roll-down gate and used a crowbar to smash a window.
They took $2,400 in cash and additional narcotics before fleeing in an Infiniti sedan driven by an accomplice, police said.
No arrests have been made in connection with the burglary spree.
The NYPD is asking anyone with information about the incidents to contact the department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish-speaking tipsters can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be submitted online at NYPD Crime Stoppers or through X (formerly Twitter) at @NYPDTips.
Authorities continue to investigate the series of early-morning burglaries, which they believe may involve the same group of suspects.
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