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Police Pursue Pint-Size Pickpocket
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John Del Signore
Published May 13, 2014
Modified May 13, 2014
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Published May 13, 2014
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The NYPD is searching for two women and a little girl who stole a wallet from a woman's handbag at a boutique in Queens earlier this month. Last night investigators released screenshots from the security camera inside Bayside's Karma Boutique, where, on May 7th, two women coaxed a small child into stealing a wallet from a bag behind the cash register.
Police say the child, who appears to be 4 or 5, lifted the wallet as directed and handed it off to one of the women. The adult suspect then stashed the walled in her pants and fled along with her accomplices. Investigators believe they're all related.
Sources tell the Daily News that the wallet contained approximately $200 and a debit card. None of that money has been recovered, but the boutique is called Karma, so it's only a matter of time before this kid has some candy stolen from her.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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