Cops: Ex-worker caught stealing on video

An ex-pizza parlor employee remembered he had a building key so he used it to enter the New Hyde Park restaurant after hours and steal from its cash registers, police said. But it seems he forgot about the security cameras.

Thomas Mitrakos, 23, of 315 S. 10th St., New Hyde Park, was arrested Monday and charged with burglary, after Nassau County's Third Squad said security cameras recorded his theft at Angelina's Pizzeria, police said.

After recently quitting his job, Mitrakos kept the key to the pizzeria at 1300 Jericho Tpke., police said. He then used that key to enter the restaurant at about 3:30 a.m. Monday to take money from two cash registers, police said.

His theft was recorded on the restaurant's security cameras, police said, and he was arrested about 12 hours later.

Mitrakos is charged with burglary and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.