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Woman Steals Credit Card at BJ’s in Middle Village, Uses it at GameStop: NYPD

Dec. 17, 2019 By Allie Griffin

A woman stole a credit card from an unattended shopping cart at BJ’s Wholesale in Middle Village and later used it to make $200 worth of purchases at GameStop, police said.

On Sunday, Dec. 8 around 3 p.m.,  a 36-year-old woman was shopping inside the BJ’s store, located at 66-26 Metropolitan Ave. when she left her wallet unattended inside a shopping cart, according to police.

Late that same day, the suspect was captured on surveillance cameras making unauthorized purchases with the victim’s credit card inside a GameStop at 368 Knickerbocker Ave. in Brooklyn, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this female is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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Khalid Mohammed

Nothing will happen. She’ll get away with it election cometh for most jurists. The pensions are in jeopardy

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Former Queens resident

Probably thought woudn’t get caught, no security, didn’t think about cameras! DUH?????

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Former Queens resident

She is so PROUD as she walks away after committing fraud and robbery! Her children and family will probably see this video too! Lady get a job, mop floors, serve food, whatever it takes! Then you can walk PROUDLY AWAY FROM BUYING THOSE ITEMS WITH YOUR MONEY!
Merry Christmas!

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