Crook In Leopard Jacket Tries To Mug Woman For Her Coat: NYPD

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — A stylish crook attacked a woman for her coat inside the bathroom of the Fulton Street subway station Thursday, police said.

A woman in a leopard print jacket approached a 51-year-old woman inside the subway station at 1:40 p.m. and demanded the victim hand over her coat. When the woman refused, the attacker shoved the victim up against a wall and punched her in the face, authorities said.

The woman was able to fight off her attacker and run off. Shortly after, she spotted the leopard-jacket clad criminal walking on the street and took a cell phone video of the woman, police said.

Officials describe the suspect in her late 20s to early 30s, approximately five-foot-six and weighs about 160 pounds. She was last seen wearing a hooded leopard-print jacket, ripped blue jeans with holes in the knees and hot pink leggings underneath with black boots.

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).

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