Package thieves tried to sell stolen items to Manhattan store worker: NYPD

WEST VILLAGE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A thief posing as a delivery man and his accomplice stole a package from a Manhattan building last month and then tried to sell the stolen items, police said on Monday.

The suspects took the box from the lobby of a building on Bedford Street in the West Village on Jan. 6 at around 10:15 a.m., according to the NYPD. One of the men pretended to be a delivery man to get into the building.

The thieves then tried to sell the stolen items to a worker in a store at 121 MacDougal St., police said. When the employee refused, the suspects ran off.

The NYPD released photos of the suspects but descriptions were not available.

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