Grinning package thief swipes $17K of Kobe Bryant, NBA cards from Brooklyn building: cops

Source: New York Post

A package thief swiped three collector sports cards worth about $17,400 from the lobby of a Brooklyn building Monday afternoon, cops said. The stolen merchandise — which was wrapped inside multiple packages — included rare basketball cards featuring the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant, police sources said. The brazen crook was caught on camera gleefully smiling as he walked off with the high-priced haul, dressed casually in an orange ball cap, a sleeveless Brooklyn Brewery T-shirt, camo shorts and flip flops, cops said.