The suspect in action
Police are looking to arrest and charge a man with theft
after he was caught on surveillance video stealing more than one hundred
mezuzahs from door posts in just one hour, according to video uploaded to the
Internet.
The security surveillance video shows how a man, dressed
with a helmet and sunglasses, stole mezuzahs from two residential apartment
building in Bnei Brak.
Within one hour about 130 mezuzahs worth about 20 thousand
shekels, were taken. Police launched an investigation into the incident.
Local residents said that the neighborhood is suffering from
this criminal for some time.
"This man was arrested in the past after being accused
of stealing from currency changers, but was never jailed," a resident of
the neighborhood, who had three mezuzahs stolen from his door posts, said.
The value of each mezuzah is estimated at 150 shekels. The
total value of the 130 mezuzah is close to 20,000 shekels.
"He probably sold them to finance his criminal
activity," another resident said.
While police officers continue to search for the suspect
some fear that his family sent him to the United States, in order to avoid
prosecution.
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