The Record (Troy, NY)

Police looking for South Troy bikini bandit

Homeowners say 17 bathing suits stolen from clotheslin­e

- By Nicholas Buonanno nbuonanno@troyrecord.com @NickBuonan­no on Twitter — Nicholas Buonanno can be reached at 290-3941.

TROY >> City police are looking for a person caught on home surveillan­ce video stealing bathing suits from a South Troy backyard.

The bikini bandit has been hitting the same home since May and the homeowners, who captured the video from a hidden security camera, said they have had 17 bathing suits stolen from their backyard clotheslin­e in recent months.

The most recent video footage, from Tuesday morning, shows a man grabbing more bikinis off the clotheslin­e. The homeowner’s son, Jeff Belschwind­er, is a police and fire scene photograph­er who also provides photos to The Record. He posted the most recent video on his Sidewinder Photograph­y Facebook Page, hoping the public can help police identify the thief.

“We thought it was kids in the neighborho­od stealing them,” said Belschwind­er, “but we were wrong. It was this guy in the video, so I posted it on social media after filing two police reports about it.”

City police spokesman Capt. Daniel DeWolf confirmed they have seen the video and are following up on any leads related to it.

Belschwind­er said the burglaries are happening at a duplex he shares with his parents and sister. He said the swimsuits are hung on a clotheslin­e near the family’s hot tub.

“This is very disturbing in what’s going on here in my own backyard,” Belschwind­er said. “We just want the person that is doing this to get help. We want to stop it here before it gets worse.”

 ?? SIDEWINDER PHOTOGRAPH­Y ?? Troy police are looking for this man, who was captured on home security video stealing a bathing suit from a clotheslin­e in South Troy, one of 17 bikinis the homeowner said has been taken from the line this summer.
SIDEWINDER PHOTOGRAPH­Y Troy police are looking for this man, who was captured on home security video stealing a bathing suit from a clotheslin­e in South Troy, one of 17 bikinis the homeowner said has been taken from the line this summer.

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