New NYPD pickpocket unit warns elderly women, moms with kids among perps to watch out forBy Dana Kennedy
July 26, 2023
Watch out for that elderly woman with the cane or the mother with two kids in the subway.
They might have just taken off with your wallet or iPhone or other valuables.
“There are a lot of males for sure, but you’d be surprised at the mothers with kids and elderly men and women who are pickpockets too,” Lt. Jonathan Cedeno, an undercover officer with the NYPD’s pickpocket team, told The Post
“Some of the mothers with kids are working with other members of their family. Some are not and are just pretending to be a family. But a lot of them have been doing this for a long time and are very sophisticated about how they go about it.”
Wanted photos of those unlikely perps and others, including plenty of men, dot the walls at the underground office of the new NYPD team dedicated to busting pickpockets on the city’s subways, which more than 4 million people ride daily, and sidewalks.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/elderly-women-little-kids-among-nycs-pickpockets-says-nypd/
