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Midtown PSA: Beware the Lunchtime Purse Snatcher

From yesterday’s NY Post:

A well-dressed, well-coiffed daytime purse-snatcher has been targeting unsuspecting women [in Midtown] as they lunch… He is responsible for at least eight handbag heists in the last six weeks, and possibly as many as nine more… surveillance tapes show the scoundrel on April 21, at Chef Yu near Penn Station… The bandit has stealthily strutted off with thousands of dollars from ladies lunching at the Bread Factory Café in the Theater District, Koryodang Bakery in Midtown, Café Duke near the Port Authority bus terminal, the Radisson’s Martinique Café on Broadway, among others. The thief was last spotted striking the Bread Factory Café on May 10 and 12, where he stole a handbag, a camera and a wallet containing an undisclosed amount of cash and credit cards.

I would normally say ‘people who eat at places like “Bread Factory Cafe” deserve to be robbed’, but Chef Yu and Cafe Duke? Those are bonafide Midtown Lunches! Be careful out there…

Posted: 8:00 am, May 27th, 2008 under Midtown PSA.
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    wayne

    May 27th, 2008 at 9:22 am

    The few times I’ve been to Cafe Duke, I was pickpocketed every time… only it was by the cashier.

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    Claire

    May 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am

    this is why i always lock my purse in my office & take put my debit card, cash and ID in the little plastic sleeve of my parliaments. it might not scream class (whispers it?) but i have everything i need in an inconspicuous little packet. Hopefully this snatcher doesn’t like the sweet delicious tobaccy.

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    Mamacita

    May 27th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Is that two employees giving away samples in that pic?
    I’m hungry.

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    sandra

    May 27th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Good enough reason never to hang your bag on the back of your chair. I always keep mine on the floor between my feet. If anyone tried to grab, they’d be up for a swift kick in the nuts. :)

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    Chris

    May 27th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    Yet another reason to NOT embark on a life of crime!!!

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