Sports Jock Steals Purse, Injures Woman In Penn Station: Police

MIDTOWN, NY — A jock sporting a football jersey emblazoned with the unlucky number 13 will soon found out how far his luck will take him.

On Tuesday at about 9:30 p.m., the jersey-wearing sports fan ran up to a 57-year-old woman inside Penn Station and ripper the purse off of her shoulder, according to police.

The jock pulled with so much force that it ripped the straps of the bag and threw the woman to the ground, officials said, who suffered pain and bruising but refused medical attention at the scene.

While police later found the purse inside the station, the thief, who was seen exiting, then re-entering the station, was nowhere to be found, police said.

Officials released images of the individual.

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).