Man Steals 4 Women's Bags In A Week In The Village, Police Say

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — One man robbed four women's unwatched bags within a week in November, including two at The New School, according to the NYPD.

Cops tied the man to four different robberies, in which hundreds of dollars of cash and credit cards were stolen between Nov. 6 and Nov. 12, police said Sunday.

In the first robbery, a woman, 26, left her backpack on a chair at a resource center at The New School on Fifth Avenue about 2 p.m., Nov. 6, according to police.

Police said when she left the room, she found that her wallet was missing.

About half an hour later, the thief took another 33-year-old woman's wallet from her belongings while she stepped outside to make a phone call at The New School, police said.

The man stole $200 in cash and credit cards from her.

About 3 p.m. the same day the thief took a 32-year-old's wallet from a purse placed on the back of her chair while she stepped away at Fifth Avenue eatery The Greenwich Social, according to police.

Less than a week later Nov. 12, the man robbed a fourth woman, 25, of her purse placed on the back of a chair at Luke's Lobster Bar on University Place, police said.

The robber took $50, credit cards and her cell phone.

Cops' investigation found the man tried to use credit cards from the first two robberies at fare machines at the Penn Station and Union Square Station subway stops.

He was seen wearing a black jacket on top of a grey hooded-sweatshirt and black shirt with a black beanie at the stations where he tried to use the credit cards, according to photos the NYPD released.