Crime & Safety
Park Slope Pickpockets Spend $800 On Stolen Credit Cards: Cops
Police are looking for three suspects who may have stolen a woman's wallet at the Union Street subway station.
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN â Police are looking for three people who may have stolen a woman's wallet and racked up nearly $800 on her credit cards.
The 25-year-old woman was getting off an R train in the Union Street station when she felt a "bump" in her left pocket, police said. When she got on the platform, she noticed that her wallet was missing.
The wallet had her driver's license and several credit cards.
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Police said multiple transactions totaling $790 were later made on her credit card.
They are looking for three suspects caught on surveillance camera at the nearby 7Eleven to question about the incident. The first suspect is a woman, approximately 25 to 35 years old last seen wearing a black jacket, striped hat, blue sweatpants and gray boots. The other two are both men, also approximately 25 to 35 years old, one last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans and blue Adidas sneakers, and the other last seen wearing a black hat, long blue jacket and blue jeans.
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Anyone with information in regard to the identities of these individuals is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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