Video catches teens snatching wallet in string of thefts in Brooklyn

ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Monday, June 18, 2018
Suspects wanted in string of wallet thefts in Brooklyn
It happened along Brighton Beach Avenue.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New video shows one of several suspects snatch a wallet right from a victim's hand in Brooklyn.

Police say the same group of teens have stolen wallets from at least five people along Brighton Beach Avenue, just in the past two months.

Investigators say the suspects are all teen boys and have targeted two elderly women during the crime spree.

Anyone with information in regards to this 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).

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