Crime & Safety

Subway Credit Card Thief Has Rhythm As She Racks Up Charges: NYPD

Police are looking for a shimmying sneak thief who danced through her stolen credit card shopping spree.

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN – Do the hustle.

Police are looking for a dancing pickpocket who lifted a wallet from a sleeping man on the L train in Bushwick last month, then racked up charges on his credit card while dancing in a store.

The 22-year-old victim was robbed on the southbound train near the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues station at about 9:30 a.m. on July 29, police said.

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Hours later, a woman sporting a pink floral dress was caught by surveillance cameras in a Brooklyn store shimmying as she racked up $500 on his credit card, police said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

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