Video Shows Suspects Accused Of Using Stolen Credit Card To Buy TV, Metrocard
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The NYPD has a cautionary tale about falling asleep in the subway.
A 28-year-old man fell asleep at the Briarwood E/F subway station at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday morning Nov. 19, police said. When he woke up, he found that his laptop bag had been stolen.
Inside the bag was a laptop, prescription medication, credit cards and more.
Police later released surveillance video of two suspects they say used one of the stolen credit cards. A woman used the card to buy a MetroCard that same day at the 110th Street subway station on the Lexington Avenue line, according to police. The next day, another man used the card to purchase a TV and mobile phone at a Target in East Harlem.
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