Woman Swipes Cash-Filled Envelope In Harlem Beauty Parlor: Police

HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a woman that stole an envelope full of cash from a West 125th Street beauty parlor, police said.

The woman entered Complete Beauty, located between Amsterdam and Morningside avenues, on January 8 and received a hair treatment, according to security footage released by police. After her appointment, the woman searched through a 56-year-old woman's purse left by the salon's door and grabbed an envelope stuffed with $3,000 in cash, police said.

After swiping the envelope, the woman bolted out of the business and fled in an unknown direction, police said.

The woman is described as standing 5-foot-8 and was last seen wearing a black coat and black pants, police said. The NYPD released photos of the suspect (seen above) on Wednesday.

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

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