Suspect Steals Woman's Purse From Roast Kitchen in Gramercy

GRAMERCY, NY — A man made off with a woman's pocketbook from the Roast Kitchen in Gramercy and it's not the first time he's lifted a purse from a restaurant, police said.

The most recent incident happened on Sept. 13 at 1:05 p.m. when a woman was eating at Roast Kitchen at 870 Broadway, just a block north of Union Square, when the man grabbed the 25-year-old's bag off the floor and exited the restaurant, police said. The bag contained multiple credit cards, which makes the theft a grand larceny, according to police.

Police believe the same man was responsible for stealing a 27-year-old woman's purse from a chair inside Barilla Restaurant just steps from Radio City Music Hall on July 5. The back contained credit cards and the woman's passport, police said.

The suspect is described by police as bald and was wearing a white and blue-striped dress shirt, black dress pants and black dress shoes at the time of the most recent theft.

Anyone with information in regards 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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