Crime & Safety

Woman Drugs Flushing Man Then Steals His Watch, Cops Say

Police are looking for a woman who drugged a man in a Flushing apartment, then stole his watch and thousands in cash.

Police are looking for a woman who drugged a man in a Flushing apartment, then stole his watch and thousands in cash.
Police are looking for a woman who drugged a man in a Flushing apartment, then stole his watch and thousands in cash. (NYPD)

FLUSHING, QUEENS — Police are looking for a woman who drugged a young man in a Flushing apartment, then stole his watch and thousands in cash.

The two people were inside an apartment by 77th Avenue and 160th Street in Queens about 2 a.m. Monday when the woman gave the man a drink that knocked him unconscious, police said.

When the 25-year-old man woke up hours later, he discovered the woman had left and his watch and $2,600 in cash were missing, according to police.

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Anyone with information in regard 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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