Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
Breast Pump Bandits Latch Onto Hell's Kitchen
By
Jen Chung
Published Jun 11, 2015
Modified Jun 11, 2015
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Jen Chung
Published Jun 11, 2015
Modified Jun 11, 2015
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
A new mother is distraught after her breast pumps were stolen from her Manhattan building's mailbox area. Alison Foley, who just gave birth to premature twins, said, "They’re stealing from two preemie babies, which is just like the lowest of the low."
Police say that on Monday, June 8, at about 10:30 a.m., two male suspects entered the lobby of 429 West 46th and "removed two (2) Fed-Ex packages containing Medela breast nursing breast pumps from the mailbox area." The authorities also released surveillance images.
WCBS 2 reports that Foley's son Declan and daughter Deirdre were born two months early and weigh less than 3 pounds each. Dad Patrick Foley said, "Who has the moral fiber to really literally take milk out of the mouths of babes? This is a breast pump that they need to survive."
He added that other packages from the building have been taken too, "Some tenants will post the tracking delivery receipt on the wall and say, ‘Where are these packages? I know it was delivered,'" and the building manager also said that a UPS deliveryman's truck was robbed.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
Tagged
Breast Pump
crime
hell's kitchen
manhattan
petit larceny
Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Judge temporarily halts overnight construction at NYC’s Chinatown jail
The order comes after Chinatown residents sued the city over noise, health concerns and years of planned after-hours construction.
By
Giulia Heyward
Published Oct 26, 2026 at 7:08 p.m. ET
Pressure grows on Mamdani to reform admissions to NYC specialized high schools
A former top-school official will join councilmembers and other prominent educators at an event focused on specialized high schools.
By
Elizabeth Kim
News
Pressure grows on Mamdani to reform admissions to NYC specialized high schools
A former top-school official will join councilmembers and other prominent educators at an event focused on specialized high schools.
By
Elizabeth Kim
Police search for man in Central Park sexual assault
By
Charles Lane
Rockefeller Center's 2026 Christmas tree is a 76-foot spruce from Upstate New York
By
Giulia Heyward
‘A killer cop lives here’: Brooklyn arrests raise questions about limits of free speech
By
Ben Feuerherd
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .