Union Square Station Purse Snatcher Sought, NYPD Says

UNION SQUARE, NY - A Union Square straphanger saw her purse swiped from under her nose inside the subway station Wednesday, authorities said.

The 53-year-old female victim was inside the 14th Street-Union Square subway station about 5:10 p.m. when the assailant took the bag and fled the area, police said.

There were no physical injuries reported as a result of this incident, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to the incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).