Dec. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin
A woman stole a credit card from an unattended shopping cart at BJ’s Wholesale in Middle Village and later used it to make $200 worth of purchases at GameStop, police said.
On Sunday, Dec. 8 around 3 p.m., a 36-year-old woman was shopping inside the BJ’s store, located at 66-26 Metropolitan Ave. when she left her wallet unattended inside a shopping cart, according to police.
Late that same day, the suspect was captured on surveillance cameras making unauthorized purchases with the victim’s credit card inside a GameStop at 368 Knickerbocker Ave. in Brooklyn, police said.
Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this female is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
