A crime tale straight out of Charles Dickens is unfolding in the Big Apple — with adults “directing” children who appear no older than 10 to steal from unsuspecting businesses, witnesses told The Post.
The chubby-cheeked crooks have terrorized bars on the east and west side of Manhattan and Brooklyn for months, graduating from snatching money in unattended bags to stealing cash from open safes in at least two bars in the last few weeks, according to workers and owners.
In many cases, the kids at first try to solicit money to raise money for their “basketball team,” and then run amok.
In several incidents, adults were seen waiting for the kids outside the plundered businesses.
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