Police seek suspect for attempted burglary

Police are searching for this man for an attempted burglary in Williamsburg.

Authorities say on March 27, at about 12:20 p.m., the suspect went inside the residential building at Keap Street and South 1st Street.

He approached an apartment door, covered the peep hold and opened the unlocked door.

Unfortunately for the attempted burglar, he saw a 73-year-old woman and another 39-year-old woman inside the apartment.

The suspect immediately closed the door and flew down the stairs and out of the building.

Anyone with information in regards to this 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 Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.