Thief snatches drunk stranger’s $10,000 watch after helping him to his Staten Island apartment

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Thief snatches drunk stranger’s $10,000 watch after pretending to help him down the stairs to his Staten Island apartment

  • A woman pretended to help a drunk man and then stole his $10,000 Rolex watch
  • CCTV footage shows her guiding him to his Staten Island apartment last month
  • At the bottom of the steps she brazenly takes the luxury watch and pockets it

By Clare Mccarthy For Mailonline

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This is the moment a woman pretended to help a heavily intoxicated stranger and then snatched his $10,000 Rolex watch. 

The thief was caught on the man’s home CCTV footage as she help him down the stairs to his Staten Island apartment in New York City last month.

The woman met the drunk man at about 4.30am near Pinewood Avenue and Wilder Avenue in Richmond on October 24, according to police.

This is the moment a woman pretended to help a drunk stranger down the stairs to his Staten Island apartment in New York City last month, only to steal his $10,000 Rolex watch

Video footage of the incident shows her helping the man, who could barely stand, down the stairs to his home as he leaned heavily on her.

When he reached the bottom step, he sat down and the woman turned her back to the camera. 

She appears to fiddle around with a flashlight before she brazenly undos the luxury Rolex Submariner watch, worth about $10,000, from his wrist and pockets it.

The thief was caught on the man's home CCTV footage and shows her helping the man, who could barely stand, down the stairs as he leaned heavily on her at about 4.30am October 24

The thief was caught on the man’s home CCTV footage and shows her helping the man, who could barely stand, down the stairs as he leaned heavily on her at about 4.30am October 24

When he reached the bottom step, he sat down and the woman turned her back to the camera and appears to fiddle around with a flashlight

When he reached the bottom step, he sat down and the woman turned her back to the camera and appears to fiddle around with a flashlight

The Rolex thief did not enter the drunk man’s apartment but instead she fled the scene, police sources said.

Police released the footage in an attempt to identify the woman, who was still being sought by police on November 9.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is urged to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

She then brazenly takes the luxury Rolex Submariner from his wrist and pockets it (pictured). Police released the footage in an attempt to identify the woman, who is still being sought

She then brazenly takes the luxury Rolex Submariner from his wrist and pockets it (pictured). Police released the footage in an attempt to identify the woman, who is still being sought

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