By Julie Shapiro
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
SOHO — A woman lost her $300 handbag when she left it unattended while dancing at a SoHo bar last week, police said.
The 37-year-old victim, a Washington Heights resident, put her purse on a chair at Via Dei Mille at 357 W. Broadway about 5 p.m. Nov. 13, police said.
After dancing for about an hour, she returned to find the purse was gone. The victim lost a $200 pair of sunglasses, a $40 wallet, a makeup bag, headphones, credit cards and $15 in cash, police said.
The thief allegedly made unauthorized charges on the card including $134 at Aldo, $99 at Footlocker and $23 at the East End Bar on the Upper East Side, police said.
Also last week, a woman lost her $200 iPhone when her purse was stolen while she was sitting in a Starbucks, police said.
The 26-year-old victim, a SoHo resident, was sitting at a table in the Starbucks at 471 Broadway when she discovered the bag was missing, police said. In addition to the iPhone, she lost credit cards, $8 in cash, her driver’s license and her social security card.
This week, a woman whose wallet was stolen in the SoHo club Greenhouse got it back after security guards found the alleged thief rifling through it in the club’s bathroom, police said.
The 24-year-old woman, an Upper East Side resident, was at Greenhouse with her friends about 2:20 a.m. Nov. 16 when security told her they had caught the thief with her tan wallet with a gold buckle, police and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said.
Police arrested Armen Danilian, 24, and charged him with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, the DA’s office said.
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 800-577-TIPS(8477) or text TIP5477 to "CRIMES," or visit the website.
