AFRAID, OUT $100, NO ONE TO HELP
The crisp $100 bill that Megan Carpenter got for Christmas was still in her pocket when a man cornered the teenager outside a Crossgates Mall restroom and demanded that she fork over the cash. The man kept one hand jammed in his coat pocket, and Carpenter worried it might be holding a weapon. She was alone and frightened in an isolated hallway, but able to make mental notes of his build, clothing and hairstyle as he snatched the bill from…