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Increasingly erratic actress Sean Young made the leap from working with pet detectives in the movies to dealing with police in real life.
NYPD investigators searched Friday for the troubled costar of the films “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and “Blade Runner” after she and her son were videotaped burglarizing an Astoria movie production office, cops said.
The hard-drinking Young was fired by the production company months ago for boozing on the job — including lunch hours in which she downed 16 glasses of wine, said one former colleague.
“I really hope she’s OK,” said comedian Greg Kritikos, who had a falling out with Young as the pair worked on a movie about his life this past March. “It is sad. Part of me wants to see good in people, and this is not good thinking on her behalf.”
Mother and child allegedly used a key to slip inside the School of Old/Pendragon Pictures Production offices in Queens around noon on Thursday. Young, 58, allegedly ignored an offer of amnesty from the business if she returned the stolen property — valued at $12,000.
The purported theft occurred while the film’s crew was shooting in an Astoria park. A pair of MacBooks worth $5,000 each, along with video production software was stolen. Both Young and her son remained free and were not yet charged with any crime in the heist, according to cops.
Two videos showed two people believed to be Young and one of her sons, in broad daylight, loading furniture and other items into the back of an SUV parked outside the office. The woman said to be Young climbs behind the wheel and the pair make their getaway.
Young said Friday evening it was misunderstanding — she believed the two laptops were hers, and that she’d left them behind when she worked with Kritikos.
“I was expected and had confirmed my expected arrival with the buildings owner,” Young said in a statement issued by her publicist.
“When I arrived nobody was there to receive me, but the door was unlocked and I assumed it had been left open so that I could pick up my belongings.”
In the statement, Young said she mistakenly took the wrong laptops. She said she will return the two laptops, and hopes to pick up the two laptops that belong to her.
The incident was just the latest public stumble for the oft-addled actress, who struggled with alcoholism as her once-promising Hollywood career slowly faded into obscurity. As of Friday morning, detectives had not reached Young or her son, police sources said.
Kritikos said he sent Young a text after the burglary, giving the actress a one-hour window to return the stolen laptops with no recriminations after he and colleague Timothy Hines viewed the damning video. When she didn’t respond, the two men contacted police.