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Pro Tip: Don't Leave Your $4,800 Purse With $4,000 Cash Unattended At Bars
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 22, 2013
Modified Mar 22, 2013
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Lady who left her stroller and purse unattended on a Park Slope street, meet this young woman who left her Chanel bag unattended at a downtown bar.
DNAinfo reports, "A 24-year-old woman had her $4,800 black Chanel purse stolen after she left it on a couch at the swanky new SoHo lesbian bar The Dalloway, at 525 Broome St., on March 7." Police sources say the purse was swiped while she got up to use the bathroom. Its contents? A $1,500 Louis Vuitton wallet, a $1,800 vintage Gucci watch, $350 Prada sunglasses, $300 Les Copains lambskin gloves, $200 Laura Mercier makeup, $3,000 in cash and $1,000 in Euros. Welcome to New York City, international jet-setters!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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