Cigarette-smoking crook steals woman’s electric wheelchair on NYC street – and cops help victim in heartwarming way

She’s back in the saddle again.

An elderly Brooklyn woman who had her mobility scooter stolen got a surprise from NYPD cops — who presented her with a replacement ride Wednesday as they hunt for the heartless crook.

“Thank you, Jesus,” 70-year-old victim, Rosalyn Johnson, exclaimed as the cops gave her the new chair at her Crown Heights home.

“This changed my life.”

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The trouble for Johnson began on Sept. 1, when a woman with a cigarette dangling from her mouth swiped the $1,500 chair as the 70-year-old shopped in a deli on Troy Avenue and Sterling Place.

Johnson realized what happened after she left the store.

“The crackheads will steal anything that’s not nailed down,” Johnson said about the thief.

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The alleged captured in pictures cruising away in a woman’s wheelchair outside a Crown Heights bodega, cops said.

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