Tag: thief

Police say the man shown above swiped a woman's wallet at the 96th Street station on Sunday. The full description is

A purse thief figured he could shake the cops by making a run...er, swim... for it. But his plunge into the Hudson River ended with him back on shore in handcuffs.

The individual depicted in surveillance photos above is wanted for four larcenies in the neighborhood, police say.

September 9, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 83 Degrees. News: Fashion designer Marc Jacobs' bags are hot -- so hot in fact that people are stealing them right off the shelves. A thief with high-end taste walked into the Barney's Coop on Broadway and 76th Street yesterday and asked ...