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Thieves Cut Through Wall to Break In to New Haven Store – Twice

The search is one for two brazen thieves who burglarized a New Haven shop by crawling through the wall.

Burglars hit the Kats Kidz Boutique on Whalley Avenue twice within a week. In both instances, the perpetrator cut a hole through the wall to access the store.

Manager Bobby Bloodworth Jr. said by creating their own entrance, the thieves are avoiding setting off the alarm. Surveillance footage shows the thief crawling into the store through the freshly cut hole around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, Bloodworth said. The store was also hit on May 4.

“They took jeans, a stack of jeans, a couple of sweat suits and some shirts,” Bloodworth said.

Bloodworth manages the store, which is owned by his brother. Both were upset over the loss of more than $2,000 in goods, but they’re especially shocked by that the thieves got in by tearing whole in the wall.

“We have apartments upstairs. This door right here is the door for the hall when you go upstairs,” Bloodworth said. “Came in and pulled up the footage and seen the guy roaming through the store, ducking down, taking clothes and coming back to the hole.”

Bloodworth said the second thief was wearing clothes taken from the store during the first burglary Friday morning – a red, white and blue jacket.

“You’re going to steal or what they call boosting and wear the stuff that you stole back to another crime scene where you got it from? That’s real dumb,” he said.

New Haven police are reviewing the security footage to try to track down the thieves, who the brothers think may be working together.

The two holes - one next to the other - have been covered. The building’s owner said they’re planning to improve security to prevent future thefts.

The police investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information on either burglary should contact New Haven police.

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