POLICE BEAT: PlayStation theft, Subway Groping

270 Greenwich
Feb. 19, 9:30 a.m.
A thief used a magnetic tool to unhook a PlayStation device valued at $1,055 from a display case in GameStop before making off with the item.

Worth and Church

March 4, 4:30 p.m.
Two men in their 30s were handcuffed for stealing a woman’s $1500 Mac computer and her $500 sunglasses. The theft occurred when the woman, 33, placed her bag that contained the items on the sidewalk while trying to hail a cab and chatting with the men.

15 Broad
March 5, 2:15 p.m.
Police are searching for a bald man with deformed hands who shoplifted a $3,150 forest-green blazer from Hermès. The man, dressed in black, left the store wearing the blazer after trying it on in one of the changing rooms.

Broadway and Wall
March 7, 12:15 a.m.
After leaving Killarney Rose bar, a young man was groped on the Uptown 4 subway platform. The victim, 24, was approached by a 30-year-old woman, who asked to “be taken home” and proceeded to grab his private parts over his pants. The man ran from her, but noticed his wallet was missing when he tried to buy pizza shortly after the incident. Inside his wallet was a credit card, a bank card, a New York State driver’s license, a medical insurance card and $40.

111 Reade
March 8, 10:30 p.m.
The morning after visiting Ward III bar, a 36-year-old woman realized her handbag was missing. Inside the $600 bag was a $400 iPhone, a wallet, several credit and bank cards, and a Macy’s card.

120 Church
March 11, 5:30 p.m.
A 22-year-old woman left her Smartphone and wallet on a Starbucks counter while ordering coffee. When she returned to the counter, the Samsung Galaxy phone, along with credit and debit cards, a Metrocard and her driver’s license, were gone. The thief made two unauthorized purchases with one of the bank cards, according to police records.

383 Canal
March 16, 1 p.m.
A man stole a worker’s wallet containing $200 and credit and debit cards from a storage room. A co-worker of the employee confronted the man in the store approximately half an hour later, and police arrested the man soon after.