Pickpockets Caught in White Plains

A string of pickpocketing incidents targeting elderly victims ended on Wednesday March 30th when police stopped the thieves on Main Street in White Plains.

Two female suspects had just left the Christmas Tree store on Central Avenue and were in a car driven by a third male suspect. Greenburgh Police stopped their 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe and found that all three occupants of the car matched the description of three pickpockets who were wanted. There were seven incidents reported in all, starting on March 19th and the three suspects are believed to be responsible.

Stephanie R. Pruitt, 53 of Yonkers, Dawn A. Boykin, 50 of Mount Vernon and Philip M. Rhame, 51 of New York were charged with Grand Larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.