Men Picked Up In NYC Bars Are Being Robbed In Their Hotel Rooms By 2 Women, Police Say

CHELSEA, NY — A pair of women are picking up dates at high-end Manhattan bars, taking them back to the men's hotel rooms and stealing their valuables when they fall asleep, police said.

Over a single week in August, the women took watches worth $80,000 from three victims, according to the NYPD. It's unclear if the men had been drugged, but all told police they felt dizzy before passing out.

The spree began on Aug. 11 when one of the women met a 38-year-old man at the Top of the Standard bar on Washington Street, police said. The two returned to the man's hotel room at the Dream Hotel on West 16th Street, where the man became dizzy and lost consciousness, according to the NYPD. The woman took his watch and left the hotel, police said.

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A few days later, on Aug. 13, one of the women met a 37-year-old man at the STK bar and lounge on Little West 12th Street. The two returned to the man's hotel room at the high-end Sofitel Hotel, on West 44th Street, where the man also became dizzy and lost consciousness, police said. The woman took the man's watch and left the hotel, authorities said.

Police say that one of the women struck again on Aug. 16, when she stole a watch and other items from a another man who she met at the Gaby restaurant attached to the Sofitel Hotel, then went back to his room in the hotel. The 56-year-old man lost consciousness and the woman stole two watches from the man along with a bag and a pen, police said.

Authorities released surveillance footage of the women. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

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