The cops are after an unidentified suspect who has been breaking into apartments in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick, showing them to unknowing prospective renters, and then making off with the deposits. He's struck at least eight times, and this is a rare case. Not because of the ruse, which is as old as time itself, but because it has risen to the police sketch level. A Craigslist real estate scam first? [NYDN]
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