Crime & Safety
Police Looking for Man Who Asked Woman to Give Him a Kiss and Then Robbed Her
It happened in the Bleecker St. subway station staircase.
SOHO, NY — Police on Monday were looking for a man who robbed a 26-year-old woman on the staircase to the Bleecker Street subway station. According to police, the man grabbed her by the arm, telling her to give him a kiss, distracting her to take her cash.
The incident occurred on Sunday, Oct. 30 around 2:30 a.m., an NYPD spokesperson said. When the woman resisted the man's advances, he ran away, and she later found her Metrocard and an unknown amount of cash were missing from her purse.
Police have released surveillance photos of the man. If you have information regarding this incident, the NYPD asks you call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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