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A Pickpocket Ring Is Targeting Manhattan Bars, Restaurants
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 21, 2016
Modified Jan 21, 2016
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Police are hoping the public can help them identify a trio of suspects wanted for a series of at least 13 grand larcenies in Manhattan. In each incident, the suspects take a victim's wallet, handbag, briefcase or laptop while it's unattended.
The NYPD has released images of the three suspects. The photos on the left are from a December 30, 2015 grand larceny that occurred at a bar at 65 West 54th Street (the Warwick Hotel) when a 40-year-old woman left her purse unattended.
The third photo on the right is from an incident on October 17th; police say the victim, "a 57-year-old female, left her bag unattended at a restaurant located at 1375 Avenue of the Americas when the suspects removed it." (The location is an Italian restaurant called Pazza Notte.)
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.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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