BAD BUMP
A pickpocket made off with a woman’s wallet and headphones inside a Broadway clothing boutique on Oct. 14.
The victim told police that she was inside the diner between Spring and Broome Sts. at 7:40 p.m., when some guy suddenly bumped into her. About 20 minutes later, she realized her valuables had disappeared from her purse, cops said.
READY FOR WINTER
Cops are hunting an shoplifter wanted for nabbing 13 scarves from a Vesey St. department store on Oct. 16.
An employee told police he was in the store near West St. at 2:15 p.m. when the thief swiped a baker’s-dozen worth of Burberry scarves off the shelf, altogether worth a whopping $5,690.
THOUGHTFUL THIEF
A thief nabbed a woman’s wallet from inside a Varick St. haunted house on Oct. 16, but returned her passport before making off with her valuables.
The victim told police that she was inside the spooky attraction between Charlton and Vandam Sts. at 9 p.m., when the thief ripped her wallet from her purse.
But instead of booking it off the bat, the crook turned and returned the victim’s passport before fleeing with her credit cards, cops said.
VICTIM OR VOLUNTEER?
A man left $12,375 worth of clothing and jewelry unattended inside a William St. burger joint on Oct. 11 — never to see them again.
The victim told police he was dining inside the eatery between Ann and Fulton Sts. at 1:15 p.m., then he stepped outside, but left his sports coat, gold Rolex — worth $10,000 alone — iPhone 6, and sunglasses behind.
The man was gone for 45 minutes, and returned to find his stuff stolen, according to police.
18-KARAT CROOK
A shoplifter made of with an 18-karat gold bracelet from a Prince St. fashion boutique on Oct. 8.
An employee told police he was inside the store between Greene and Wooster Sts. at 1 p.m., when he spotted the crook looking around with a child in tow.
The thief somehow managed to distract the worker while also grabbing the ritzy bracelet, worth $17,500, cops said.
OFF THE HOOK
A 31-year-old woman learned the hard way not to leave her valuables unattended inside a Battery Pl. watering hole on Oct. 4, after a thief made off with more than $11,000 worth of the victim’s swank belongings.
The victim told police that she’d hung her valuables on a hook underneath the bar of the lounge near the Korean War Memorial at 11 p.m., and there they stayed as she went to the lady’s room. Upon returning, she discovered to her horror that the ritzy jewelry and designer accessories she’d left unattended had vanished, cops said.
UN-SAFE
Burglars looted a West St. marina on Oct. 3, cleaning out a safe, but for a paltry amount.
A rep for the marina told police that the thief had slipped into the boat yard near Liberty St. sometime after 8 p.m., and at around noon the next day the safe was discovered empty — of the $150 it had contained.
PICKED
A pickpocket nabbed a woman’s iPhone inside a Vesey St. mall on Oct. 7.
The victim told police that she was dining in the upscale shopping center near Fulton St. at 3:15 p.m., when somebody bumped into her, and she discovered her cellphone was missing a few moments later.
The victim was able to use a phone tracking application that traced the cell’s location to somewhere in Queens, cops said.
OCULUS STIFFED
A thief looted a woman’s purse inside the Oculus shopping center on Greenwich St. on Oct. 8.
Cops managed to obtain surveillance footage that shows the crook, wearing all black and with a gold marijuana leaf medallion dangling from his neck, inside the mall between Liberty and Cortland Sts at 4:08 p.m., when he can be seen dipping into the victim’s purse and removing her wallet and cellphone.
His loot in hand, the thief then immediately made his way out of the mall in the direction of the Fulton Street Train Station, cops said.
— Colin Mixson
