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Thief Yells 'America Got Stupid' After Taking Woman's Wallet in SoHo: NYPD

By Irene Plagianos | October 27, 2015 3:57pm
 A woman's wallet was stolen as she walked past 565 Broadway, police said.
A woman's wallet was stolen as she walked past 565 Broadway, police said.
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SOHO — A thief swiped a woman's $400 Prada wallet in SoHo last week, but left her with a message.

After grabbing the 27-year-old's wallet from her handbag, the pickpocket yelled, "America got stupid" as he ran off, police said.

The woman, who lives in Queens, was walking past 565 Broadway at about 6 p.m. on Thursday when the man swiped her wallet, which contained about $40, several credit cards and her Parsons School of Design student I.D., police said.

The thief was described as about 5-foot-10, around 180 pounds and in his early 30s.