Cops search for man who stole rifles, Port Authority Police shield from Bensonhurst woman
The NYPD is searching for a man in connection with the theft of three rifles and a Port Authority Police shield, among other items, from the home of a Bensonhurst woman.
On Sunday, August 13 at around 3 p.m., the victim, 44, reported the theft of cash, credit cards, a diamond ring, an Apple iPad and boxes of ammunition, as well as the rifles and police shield, to police in the 62nd Precinct, and accused 47-year-old Thomas Farrell, who had lived with her for two weeks in her residence at Avenue P and West 11th Street, as the perpetrator.
The shield belong to the victim’s brother, who died in the line of duty in 1983. The rifles had belonged to her grandfather, a retired Port Authority police officer, according to Deputy Inspector Anthony Sanseverino, the commanding officer of the 62nd Precinct.