Maspeth Woman Frightens Off Attempted Burglar

A police sketch of the suspect. Photo courtesy of the NYPD.

By Jonathan Sperling

A Queens woman managed to scare off a burglar as he scaled her home in Maspeth, cops from the 104th Precinct said on Wednesday.

The incident began at around 2 a.m. on Oct. 16, when the 24-year-old victim heard a noise near the back door of her home, located near 61st Road and 69th Street. Upon investigating, she noticed the suspect trying to climb up onto her home’s second story deck.

She proceeded to bang on the window and startle the suspect, who fell from the deck and ran off in an unknown direction. No injuries were reported.

The suspect is described as being a Hispanic man, 35-45 years old, approximately 5'10" tall, weighing 180 lbs., with short black hair. He was last seen wearing a blue, hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information in regards to the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.