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Subway Purse Snatcher Sought by Cops


Police are searching for this man in connection with a purse snatching on a subway train. Photo by NYPD 


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

March 4, 2023


BRONX - The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in trying to catch a purse snatcher on the subway.




A woman sitting on the northbound Number 2 train had her purse snatched from her lap. At around 3 am on February 26, a 28-year-old woman was sitting in the subway car with her purse in her lap.





When the train approached the 50th Street station a man ran by and snatched the purse from her lap and ran out of the subway car.

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Police released surveillance video of the suspect taken from the train platform. The suspect was seen wearing a jacket over his black jogging suit with a Polo hoodie.


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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