Suspected subway pickpockets caught on camera in Brooklyn

Monday, November 28, 2022
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN (WABC) -- Police are looking for two women who pickpocketed another woman at the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.

Both suspected thieves were caught on camera.
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Investigators say one of the women approached the 38-year-old victim on the Q train platform on November 16 and spoke to her in a language she didn't understand.

The other woman, police say, stood behind the victim and bumped into her.

After the women walked away, the victim boarded a train and realized the wallet in her purse was gone.



Investigators say the wallet itself was valued at $100.



It contained $30 cash, personal identification, four debit cards and two credit cards.
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The victim received text messages after the theft that her credit cards were used in transactions totaling $1,100 at the Target located inside of Atlantic Avenue Terminal.

Police are asking for the public's help tracking down the suspects.

Call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit tips by visiting the CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by messaging on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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