Pickpockets Target Woman In Midtown Florist: NYPD

MIDTOWN, NY — Instead of picking flowers, they were picking pockets.

A trio of thieves stole a woman's wallet from her purse on Friday afternoon inside a prominent Midtown florist shop, police said.

At about 2:15 p.m., three men took the freight elevator to enter Lewis Miller Design on West 39th Street and broke through a locked gate to enter the office space, police said.

The trio swiped a 48-year-old woman's wallet and cell phone — and pushed the woman away, police said.

Despite the shove, the woman was able to grab back her cell phone before the thieves of three fled with her wallet, which police said contained $60 and several credit cards. She also refused medical attention at the scene, officials said.

Police released images of people they claim are connected to the incident, describing them as between 18 to 20-years-old.

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).