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CD Sellers Snatch $220 in Cash From Teen Tourists' Wallets, Police Say

By Maya Rajamani | September 8, 2016 5:40pm
 A pair of CD hawkers snatched more than $200 in cash from the wallets of two teenage tourists, the NYPD said.
A pair of CD hawkers snatched more than $200 in cash from the wallets of two teenage tourists, the NYPD said.
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MIDTOWN — A pair of CD hawkers stole more than $200 in cash from the wallets of two teenage tourists, the NYPD said.

The victims — a 13-year-old boy, a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy, all from Massachusetts — were standing on the sidewalk near the northwest corner of West 55th Street and Fifth Avenue around 1:50 p.m. on Sept. 1 when two men approached them selling CDs, police said.

When the teens got out their wallets to give the men money, the suspects took $200 in cash out of one teenager's wallet and $20 out of a second teen’s wallet before fleeing the location, the NYPD said.

Police didn't specify which of the three teens lost money to the thieves.

No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Monday.