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Cellphone Thief Drops Wallet While Fleeing, Police Say

By Nicholas Rizzi | May 7, 2015 1:55pm
 Jose Burgos, 46, dropped his wallet after he allegedly stole a woman's cellphone while she was walking on a Staten Island street, police said.
Jose Burgos, 46, dropped his wallet after he allegedly stole a woman's cellphone while she was walking on a Staten Island street, police said.
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STAPLETON — A thief who swiped a cellphone from a woman dropped his wallet at the scene of the crime as he ran away, police said.

Jose Burgos, 46, left his cash and identity after grabbing the phone of a woman walking on a Stapleton street, police said.

The 32-year-old woman was walking near Wright and Broad streets on March 2 holding her cellphone about 9 a.m., police said.

Police said Burgos, who has not yet been caught, is 5-foot 4-inches tall and weighs 140 pounds.

Anyone with information in regards to this suspect is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.