LOWER EAST SIDE — A thief stole more than $3,000 of property off a 27-year-old man last week after sneaking up on him and grabbing his backpack, police said.
Police said the victim was on his way to a restaurant, walking northbound on the Allen Street pedestrian plaza toward Delancey Street at 7:50 p.m. on July 17.
The thief approached the man from behind and grabbed his $200 backpack, which contained a $1,600 MacBook Pro, a $700 iPad Air, $250 Bose speaker, a $230 shaver, Swiss currency and a Swiss passport, according to the NYPD.
The man chased the suspect, who ran southbound on the plaza, but lost the thief when he headed west on Broome Street, police said.
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