Duo Steal Older Woman's Purse From Brooklyn Mall: NYPD

Park Slope NY

23 February, 2022

10:21 AM

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PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Two men followed an older woman into a mall on the border of Park Slope and stole her purse this week, police said. The duo trailed a 59-year-old woman into the Atlantic Terminal mall, located at 139 Flatbush Avenue, on Feb. 21, according to the NYPD. Eventually, the woman put her purse down on a bench in Applebee's at which point the two people snatched it and ran off, police said. Police captured surveillance photos of the men in the mall, but as of Wednesday — several days after the theft — no arrests have been made and an investigation into the robbery remains ongoing, an NYPD spokesperson said. Photo credit: NYPD Anyone with information about the theft is asked by police to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). People can also submit tips online or on Twitter, @NYPDTips.