Thief Pretending To Be Repairman Robs Gramercy Senior: NYPD

GRAMERCY, NY — A thief pretending to be a repairman conned his way into a senior's Gramercy apartment where he made off with her purse and cash, police said.

The man, dressed in a gray t-shirt, blue pants and a canvas sun hat, knocked on the 81-year-old woman's apartment door near 13th Street and Second Avenue at 3:20 p.m. on July 13, official said.

After claiming he needed access to the woman's home to fix a leak, the burglar made his way inside, grabbed the woman's purse with $100 in cash and bolted out of the building in an unknown direction, authorities said. No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information in regards to these incidents 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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