FINANCIAL DISTRICT — A thief stole a bag containing $800 in cash from a Lower Manhattan food cart vendor last week, police said.
The 39-year-old food vendor was attaching his cart to his truck at about 2:50 p.m. Aug. 26 when he placed the bag on top of his truck, according to a police report. When he had finished about 10 minutes later, he noticed that the bag — containing the $800, three credit cards and his vending and driver’s licenses — was gone.
The vendor, who had parked at Whitehall and Pearl streets, did not see the person who took the bag, and there was no surveillance video, police said.
Other recent crimes in the 1st Precinct include the following:
► A man had more than $3,000 worth of camera equipment stolen from his car while it was parked on Maiden Lane last Saturday afternoon.
The 20-year-old man left his Ford Taurus sedan at 110 Maiden Lane at about 10 a.m. on Aug. 30 and when he returned at noon found the driver’s side door was damaged and his gear, including a Canon 7D camera, two lenses and a hard drive were all gone, according to the police report.
► A worker’s tablet was stolen from his Verizon van last week when he left it parked on Varick Street.
The 47-year-old worker parked the van in front of 183 Varick St. on Aug. 26 at about 10 a.m., police said. When he returned an hour later he found the driver’s side window smashed and the Verizon-owned tablet, which had been sitting on the center console, was gone.
