One Very Expensive Cup of Coffee

By Jerry Danzig

On the morning of Sunday, April 21, a 46-year-old woman was sitting with a friend having coffee at a chain coffee shop on Columbus Avenue. She had placed her handbag on the floor in between her legs while she was drinking her coffee. Suddenly she noticed that her bag was gone and began to look for it. A witness approached and stated that a suspicious-looking man had been standing near her who then had walked out of the store right before she realized her bag was missing. No arrests have been made. Items stolen were valued at $290, including a cell phone, eyeglasses, keys, a hat, her Social Security card, two bank checkbooks, an inhaler, and $30 in cash, plus her debit and credit cards.