NEW YORK CITY — Police are looking for six larcenous friends who went on a shopping spree in a Union Square electronics shop with a credit card stolen from a straphanger, police said.
According to cops, the plastic was stolen from a person on the F train platform at Delancey and Essex streets at 4 a.m. on Wednesday May 22, 2013.
Police did not release a description of the mugger.
Later, during business hours, four men and two women strolled into the Union Square Best Buy and proceed to shop on the stolen card, cops said.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). 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.
