Long Thought a Relic of the Past, Pickpocketing Returns to New York Along With Migrants
Pickpocketing is ‘seen as income redistribution’ by the district attorney’s office, a former police commissioner says. ‘Police know it’s not going to be prosecuted.’
Pickpocketing is back in business in the Big Apple. It’s a crime that many New Yorkers long ago forgot about, but formal complaints are rising and migrant pickpocketing crews are making their presence known. The misdemeanor is making a comeback.
There have been 781 pickpocketing complaints this calendar year as of June 9, the New York Police Department tells the Sun. At the same time last year, that number stood at 650 complaints — and those are just the incidents that are reported to the police.
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