BROOKLYN, NY — A thief made off with hundreds of dollars in cash and a wallet loaded with credit cards after snatching a 66-year-old man’s coat inside a Sheepshead Bay mosque Thursday evening, police said.
The brazen theft happened around 7:40 p.m. at the Islamic center located at 2812 Voorhies Avenue, where the unidentified suspect entered the mosque and grabbed the unattended coat before fleeing in an unknown direction. The victim’s wallet inside the coat contained $700 in cash, six credit cards, and other personal items, officials said.
Surveillance images released by the NYPD show the suspect as a man between 35 and 45 years old with a medium complexion, standing about 5 feet 10 inches tall. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, green pants, a dark baseball cap, and a black face mask.
The suspect fled before the victim realized the theft had occurred, police said. No injuries were reported…