He can’t walk, but he sure gets around.
Police are hunting for a wheelchair-using bandit who has been rolling around Midtown stꩵealing people’s bags at high-end restaurants and hotels, authorities said.
The man, whom police believe is actually disabled, first struck at the New York Marriott 🀅Marquis hotel on Broadway at 46th Street at around 8 p.m. on Aug. 19, when he wheeled into in the lobby and loitered, pretending to be a guest, cops said.
He made his way over to a woman checking in at the front desk🤡, snatched her bag without her noticing, and rolled 💞out the door, making off with $300 in cash and a $500 gift card, police say.
The crook was at it again on Aug. 30 at the upscale Nobu 57 restaurant🍒 on West 57th Street at around 11 p.m., when he rolled over to a female diner and stole her leather Coach satchel.
The thief then used the woman’s American Express card🐻 to buy food at a nea🦩rby pizza joint.
The man was caught on surveillance video wheeling down the street afte𝕴♒r committing both crimes, police said.