Woman steals electric wheelchair from sidewalk in Brooklyn: police

The NYPD is searching for the suspect who is accused of stealing an electric wheelchair in Brooklyn.

BROOKLYN - The NYPD is searching for the suspect who stole an electric wheelchair in Brooklyn.

It happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1 on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights.

Police said the wheelchair was parked on the sidewalk and then the suspect fled westbound on Sterling Place in the wheelchair.

No one was hurt.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

All calls are strictly confidential.