A Group of Teenagers Posed as Art Students While Robbing Galleries in New York's Lower East Side

A group of teenagers robbed a number of galleries across New York's Lower East Side this past weekend. First reported by Artnet News, the crimes took place at Betty Cuningham, Nicodim, Derosia and Hashimoto Contemporary, where the boys posed as art students, only to steal valuable possessions, such as credit cards and handbags."One distracted me while the other grabbed my AmEx out of my wallet," said Cindy Rucker on an online forum for members of the New Art Dealers Alliance. "They even gave me ...