A video of a woman breaking into a New York City taxi with a cinderblock and stealing an iPhone 8 and $40 cash has gone viral on the internet. That was a bold move by the woman and I’m sure the cops are already searching for her.
After stealing the iPhone and $40 cash, she took to her heels and removed her bright orange wig while running away from the scene via the Daily Mail;
Police in New York City are hunting for a woman with bright orange hair who smashed the window of a yellow taxi with a cinder block to steal an iPhone and $40 in cash. The brazen broad-daylight theft happened on Thursday, in midtown Manhattan. The driver of the yellow taxi had parked his car on West 37th Street, between Ninth and 10th avenues, and left it to use the restroom.
Security camera footage showed the woman approach the car carrying the cinder block. She hurled it at the drivers’ side window, and then clambered through the broken window to steal the phone and cash.
She then ran away. The robbery comes amid a dangerous crime wave in the once-safe city. She hurled it at the drivers’ side window, and then clambered through the broken window to steal the phone and cash.
She then ran away.
The robbery comes amid a dangerous crime wave in the once-safe city. In February there was a 60 percent spike in incidents when compared to the same period last year.
The city’s latest crime figures show there were 9,138 incidents last month, as opposed to 5,759 in February 2021 – with double-digit surges in nearly every major category. There were 32 murders in February – three more than the same month last year.
Multiple other categories saw spikes, including car theft, which soared by nearly 105 percent; grand larceny, which jumped nearly 80 percent over the previous year; robberies, which surged 56 percent; a 44 percent bump in burglaries and a 22 percent spike in assaults.
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