Police are on the hunt for a snatch-and-grab necklace thief who targeted three women in Manhattan and Queens on one day in May, authorities confirmed.
Police are on the hunt for a snatch-and-grab thief who targeted women in Manhattan and Queens all in one day in May and ripped off their necklaces, authorities confirmed.
Undeterred, he tried the crime again a mere 20 minutes later. This time he set his sights on a 21-year-old woman outside of an apartment on 45 West 18th St.. Mumbling something the victim was not able to comprehend, the suspect was able to tear her necklace from her neck before fleeing southbound on 6th Avenue.
Sources familiar with the investigation reported that there was some kind of language barrier between the perpetrator and his victims.
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