A man’s backpack holding $150,000 worth of jewelry was stolen at a Manhattan subway station as he went to enter the turnstiles, police said
A man's backpack holding $150,000 worth of jewelry was stolen at a Manhattan subway station as he went to enter the turnstiles, police said.
The high-priced theft occurred just after 2 p.m. on Nov. 28 at the Canal Street and Broadway station in SoHo, according to police. The 52-year-old man went to take a MetroCard out of his wallet, and in doing so placed his backpack on the ground. Inside the bag was a trove of jewelry. A woman then told the man that he had dropped money in front of him, police said, likely as a distraction. After the victim picked up the cash, he realized his backpack had been replaced with a bag that wasn't his.Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox.No arrests have yet been made, and police do not have anyone in custody in connection to the eye-popping grand larceny. An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA . The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the
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