Woman Mails Back Pricey Photos Stolen from MOMA PS1

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- The NYPD is hoping to find the thief responsible for stealing a pair of pricey photos from the Museum of Modern Art's PS1 extension after a woman was caught on camera returning the prints, police say.

A MOMA PS1 employee discovered two print photographs - worth a combined $105,000 - were missing from the contemporary art center in Long Island at around 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, police told Patch. The two stolen prints, whose names weren't identified, turned up in the museum's mail days later on Friday, Nov. 3, police said.

Police still don't know how the suspect got into the museum at 22-25 Jackson Ave. but said there were no signs of forced entry. An investigation revealed video surveillance of a woman mailing the photos from a shipping and mailing center at 223 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn on Thursday, Nov. 2, just before 6 p.m., police said.

It is unclear whether the woman caught returning the photos actually stole them, an NYPD spokeswoman said. Police estimated the woman to be in her twenties and said she was last seen wearing a dark cap, glasses, a black overcoat, tan pants and tan shoes.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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