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Woman Wanted For Credit Card Theft, NYPD Says

By  Aliza Chasan and Danielle Tcholakian | June 9, 2016 5:22pm 

 Police are attempting to identify a suspect in a credit card theft.
Police are attempting to identify a suspect in a credit card theft.
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MANHATTAN — A woman used a stolen credit card to buy an AMEX gift card, a greeting card and a razor at an East Village Duane Reade, police said.

The suspect, a woman between 40 and 50 years old, used the 57-year-old female victim's card on May 18 at the 46 Third Ave. drugstore.

The incident is being investigated by the 6th Precinct in the West Village because the victim noticed her wallet missing while she was on the subway around 14th Street and Eighth Avenue.

The NYPD is seeking assistance in identifying the suspect.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident 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 Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.