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VIDEO: Man Dances at Bar Where He Used Patron's Stolen Credit Card: NYPD

By Maya Rajamani | October 10, 2016 1:53pm
 A surveillance camera captured the thief using a MetroCard he bought with one of the man’s stolen credit cards inside the West 157th Street 1 train station station on April 18, the NYPD said.
A surveillance camera captured the thief using a MetroCard he bought with one of the man’s stolen credit cards inside the West 157th Street 1 train station station on April 18, the NYPD said.
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TIMES SQUARE — Dance like no one's watching. 

A thief was captured on surveillance video boogying away inside the same bar where he used a credit card stolen from another patron that night, police said. 

The 22-year-old victim was leaving The Mean Fiddler at 266 W. 47th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, around 8 p.m. on March 17 when he realized his wallet was missing, police said.

Police later discovered the suspect had used one of the man’s credit cards inside the Irish pub that same night, the NYPD said.

In the video, the man can be seen smiling and bopping up and down with the crowd inside the bar, police said.

Another surveillance image shows the suspect using a MetroCard he bought with one of the victim's stolen credit cards inside the West 157th Street 1 train station station on April 18, police said.

A manager at the Mean Fiddler did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.