TIMES SQUARE — A serial pickpocket stole credit cards from theatergoers waiting at the “Hamilton” stage door for autographs over the course of nearly six months, the NYPD said.
The six victims had property stolen from them as they waited for the performers outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre at 226 W. 46th St. between May 25 and Nov. 6, police said.
The woman suspected of the thefts charged around $2,200 to the victims’ stolen credit cards at stores including Macy’s, Junior’s Restaurant, Rite Aid, Target, DSW, Burlington Coat Factory and Duane Reade, the NYPD said.
Police are now searching for a woman with black hair and glasses who was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, a gray sweater and a gray scarf.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
