Crime & Safety
Fashion Bandit Takes Alligator Shoes From Ralph Lauren Shop: NYPD
The shoplifter also got away with a jacket and pair of pants.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a shoplifter who swiped some pricey items from a luxury retailer on the Upper East Side.
The man entered the Ralph Lauren men's store on Madison Avenue and East 72nd Street around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 30, police said. While inside the store, the man picked out a jacket, pants and a pair of alligator-skin shoes, police said.
The man then fled the store without paying for any of the items, police said. The shoplifter's haul is valued at $5,000, police said.
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Police released surveillance photos (seen above) of the suspect Friday. The suspect was last seen wearing a three-quarter length winter coat with a fur collar and a gray knit cap.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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