Police are looking for a tag team that distracted and pickpocketed a woman in Staten Island, plus a sidekick who helped make unauthorized purchases with the victim’s credit card, cops said Saturday.
The 65-year-old victim was shopping at a HomeGoods store on Feb 6 around 5:35 p.m. near Independence and Richmond Aves. in New Springville when an unidentified man walked up and struck up a conversation with her. While the victim was distracted, an unidentified woman snuck up and pickpocketed her cellphone and a credit card from her bag.
The victim was not injured in the incident.
The pair soon took off after fleecing their mark, with the man meeting up with another woman to make unauthorized purchases with the victim’s credit card, cops said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.