LUNCH RUSH
A fast-acting pickpocket managed to nab a woman’s wallet — and use her cards — as she dined inside a Pine St. eatery on Dec. 2.
The victim told police that she had her wallet when she walked into the restaurant between Pearl and Water Sts. at 12:15 p.m., but that, when she went to pay for her meal, her valuables were missing.
The victim immediately called her bank from the eatery and discovered that, not only did the thief manage to steal her wallet while she ate, he also managed to use her debit card to make illicit charges across the street before she finished her meal, cops said.
JACKET RACKET
A shoplifter nabbed more than $3,000 worth of jackets from a Broome St. boutique on Dec. 1.
An employee told police that the crook waltzed into the fashion outlet between Mercer and Greene Sts. at 10:27 a.m. and proceeded to grab two ritzy coats off the rack, before strolling out the door with his ill-gotten outerwear.
BUNGLING BURGLAR
A dim-witted thief managed to break his way into a Mercer St. shop on Nov. 23, but couldn’t quite manage to get his hands on the cash inside.
Surveillance footage shows the crook bust into the store between Broome and Spring Sts. through a window at 2:05 a.m. before failing to weasel his way into the shop’s cash reserves located beneath a front counter.
Unable to breach the obstinate cupboard, the thief fled none the richer, cops said.
BAD BUMP
A pick-pocket swiped a wallet from a woman’s handbag inside a Broadway fashion boutique on Nov. 25.
The victim told police that she was inside the shop between Spring and Prince Sts. at 2 p.m., when another “shopper” abruptly bumped her.
It was about 15 minutes later that the victim realized her purse was open and her wallet — a $650 Bulgari — was missing, cops said.
LOOT AND SCOOT
Shoplifters looted a Broadway drugstore of more than $1,700 worth of soap and toiletries on Nov. 27.
Surveillance footage shows two thieves inside the pharmacy between Murray St. and Park Pl. at 12:50 p.m., where they proceeded to nab 38 bottles of nail polish, 49 safety razors, 26 packs of soap, and numerous cans of body spray, along with a case of bottle water.
JEEP WEEP
Three crooks stole a man’s car he left on Pearl St. on Dec. 2.
The victim told police he parked his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee between Coenties Slip and Hanover Square at 10:40 p.m., and returned less than an hour later to find an empty spot where his car had been.
Checking out surveillance footage at his nearby place of work, the victim spotted three thieves rifling through his locker to nab his car keys, before strolling out and taking his Jeep for a ride, cops said.
TRAIN ROBBERY
A pickpocket nabbed a man’s wallet aboard a northbound 2 train after departing the Wall St. station on Dec. 2.
The victim told police that he was riding the rails on his way to the Chambers St. station at 12:15 p.m., when another straphanger bumped him on the train.
When he reached Chambers St. intent on transferring to an E train, the victim realized his wallet, along with the cash and credit cards it contained, were stolen, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
