ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- Albany police said a New Jersey woman was arrested after detectives tied her to a pickpocketing scheme at downtown concert venue, Empire Live.
Police said officers responded around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, March 21, to Empire Live at 93 North Pearl Street for a reported theft. Security workers had stopped a 16-year-old boy who police said was trying to steal a cell phone from a concertgoer and was carrying multiple phones.
Police said 28-year-old Evelyn Tutasig-Ilbay of Union City, New Jersey, who was with the boy, was taken into custody without trouble…