NYPD
CHELSEA — A thief stole a woman’s backpack and $3,245 Macbook Pro computer after she fell asleep inside the Dream Downtown hotel, the NYPD said.
The 28-year-old woman was inside the hotel at 355 W. 16th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, with a man she’d recently met around 4 a.m. on Aug. 6 when she fell asleep, police said.
When she woke up at 12:30 p.m., she discovered her backpack and laptop were missing, the NYPD said.
Surveillance tape captured the man inside the hotel before he stole the woman’s belongings, police said.
The Dream Downtown hotel did not immediately respond to request for comment Thursday.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.