Police rounded up six members of a burglary crew wanted for a whopping 40 heists spanning Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, cops announced Friday.
The arrests kicked off with the capture of 52-year-old Alexandar Medine and 35-year-old Steven Perez for third-degree burglary and possession of burglar’s tools on June 3, but officials waited until the arrest of a sixth member of the crew, 39-year-old Jose Montenegro, on Friday to make their announcement.
Montenegro is charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property for his role in the crime spree that saw cash, merchandise and coin machines nabbed from dozens of establishments since March, police said.
Previously police arrested Ivelisse, 32, and Isaaahiah Rodriguez, 22, on Wednesday for criminal possession of stolen property, cops said.
Jesse Pinale, 30, was also arrested Wednesday on charges of fourth-degree grand larceny
The burglars’ crime spree saw them break into three shops in Brooklyn, nine in the Bronx, and 29 in Queens, often targeting laundromats where they nabbed coin and payment machines in their late night and early morning raids, cops said.
The thieves used various getaway vehicles in their heists sporting stolen plates, cops said.
The most recent burglary was on June 24, when three crooks broke into a Grand Ave. laundromat near Van Kleeck St. in Queens around 3:15 a.m., nabbing $1,800 and taking a payment machine containing an unknown amount of cash, cops said.
No civilians were harmed in the burglaries, cops said.