Crime & Safety
Soho Thieves Swipe Credit Card And Buy Designer Sunglasses: NYPD
Two women stole a wallet from a Soho subway station and used the stolen cards to buy $800 worth of fancy sunglasses, police said.
SOHO, NY — Two women used a stolen credit card to buy high-end, designer sunglasses from a Soho store, police said.
Neither woman has been caught, and police released surveillance photos and videos of them on Sunday.
Police said that the women were inside the Prince Street subway station on April 22 at 1:40 p.m. when they stole a 23-year-old woman's wallet from her purse. The victim was leaving the station and walking up the stairs when she turned around and released that someone had unlatched her purse and grabbed her wallet, police said.
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The thieves promptly went to the nearby eyewear store Cleo Nicci, located at 65 Spring St., and purchased $800 worth of fancy sunglasses, according to the NYPD.
You can watch surveillance video of both women donning fancy sunglasses here:
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