A crafty cat burglar carved through the roof of a Brooklyn bodega before ransacking the shop, police said Sunday.
The thief cut the hole above Smith & 9th Street Deli + Grocery on 9th St. near Smith St. in Carroll Gardens around 3:15 a.m. Nov. 1, according to cops. Once he lowered himself inside, he took about $900 from the register and broke into an ATM, swiping even more cash.
The man also pinched some store merchandise before hoisting himself back up through the hole and onto the roof, police said.
The burglar, clad in all black clothing, made his way to the nearby 4th Avenue-9th Street subway station, where he was last caught on camera boarding a Manhattan-bound D train.
Police released video of the thief and are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
