Video shows bumbling bro hit himself in face while stealing TV off wall at St. John’s campus

Amanda Woods
·2 min read
The clumsy crook – who appears to be college-aged himself – wandered into a campus building on Howard Avenue in the Grymes Hill neighborhood through an unlocked door around 12:40 a.m. April 13, cops said late Monday. 
The clumsy crook - who appears to be college-aged himself - wandered into a campus building on Howard Avenue in the Grymes Hill neighborhood through an unlocked door around 12:40 a.m. April 13, cops said late Monday.

A bumbling bro brazenly stole a big-screen TV off a wall, hitting himself in the face with the hi-definition set as he awkwardly carried it away, footage shows.

The apparently college-aged clumsy crook wandered into St. John’s University’s Staten Island campus building on Howard Avenue in the Grymes Hill neighborhood through an unlocked door around 12:40 a.m. April 13, cops said late Monday.

Video released by the NYPD shows the backwards cap-wearing thief struggling to remove the massive TV, which is hoisted on the wall of the private university building.

The clumsy crook entered the Staten Island campus through an unlocked door around 12:40 a.m. April 13, cops said. NYPD
The clumsy crook entered the Staten Island campus through an unlocked door around 12:40 a.m. April 13, cops said. NYPD
The backwards cap-wearing thief struggled to remove the giant flatscreen TV from a wall, video shows. NYPD
The backwards cap-wearing thief struggled to remove the giant flatscreen TV from a wall, video shows. NYPD

The feat turned out to be a cumbersome one when he wound up hitting himself in the face with the screen, the short clip shows.

Still, he managed to flee the campus on foot and hop into a getaway ride, cops said.

The suspect, described as having a light complexion and a slim build, was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweashirt, a gray hat, dark-colored jeans, and white and black sneakers.

The backwards cap-wearing thief struggled to remove the giant flatscreen TV from a wall, video shows. NYPD
The backwards cap-wearing thief struggled to remove the giant flatscreen TV from a wall, video shows. NYPD
The suspect took off with the TV and fled in a getaway ride, cops said. NYPD
The suspect took off with the TV and fled in a getaway ride, cops said. NYPD

Anyone with information on the theft 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 https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.