A thief made off with an iPad and keyboard valued at nearly a $1,000 earlier this month, according to police.
Authorities say that on Aug. 2, at 11 a.m., a man dismounted a Citi Bike and approached a 50-year-old woman in the vicinity of Cedar Lane and East 151 Street.
The man then grabbed her Best Buy bag, which contained a new iPad valued at $799 and a new smart keyboard valued at $179. He fled the scene on foot. The victim was not injured.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.