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Taxi window smashed
The NYPD released this video showing someone smashing the window of a taxi with a cinderblock.
NEW YORK - Police are looking for the woman who was caught on video smashing the window of a taxi cab in Manhattan last week.
The NYPD released a video of the incident, which happened on West 37th Street between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenues in Hell's Kitchen on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at about 10:15 a.m.
The video shows a woman carrying a cinder block up to a parked yellow taxi, shattering the driver's-side window, climbing partly through the window, grabbing something, and then running away.
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Police said she stole an iPhone 8 and $40 from the taxi.
The driver of the taxi, who had gone to the bathroom, returned a short time later to discover the damage and the theft, police said.
The video appears to have been captured on a cellphone by a witness.
Police say this woman smashed the window of a parked taxi cab so she could steal an iPhone and cash from inside. (Via NYPD)