and swiping her purse before slamming her into a wall in crime-ravaged New York City: Four people assaulted in 24-hour period in subway system
A shocking video captured the moment an 85-year-old woman was slammed into a wall inside a Bronx apartment building after a cold-hearted thief dragged her out of an elevator by her cane and rifled through her purse.
The NYPD shared surveillance video on Monday of the robbery at the building on E. 149th St. and Morris Ave. in Mott Haven at 3:10 p.m. Sunday as the city's spiraling crime keeps sinking to new depths.
The attack came on the same day as four violent incidents were reported in various locations throughout the crime-ridden subway system, including one where a man was pushed on the tracks but managed to climb to safety.
In the attack on the elderly woman, the callous thief, who was wearing a surgical mask on his face and a hoodie to hide his identity, walked into the elevator of the complex on the first floor and road with the elderly woman up to the sixth floor.
He then got out when the doors opened, appeared to look down the floor's hall to make sure no residents were out of their apartments and then went back inside the elevator to steal the elderly womans purse.
To make her let go of her meager possession, the thief pulled the victim by her cane into the hallway wall, knocking her to the ground.
The unidentified elderly woman was taken to Lincoln Hospital with neck pain, police said.
The robber pulling the 85-year-old woman out of the elevator after checking if no one was in the hallway
The thief dragged the victim by the cane until she slammed into the wall, allowing him to leave with the purse
The cold-hearted thief, whose was wearing a surgical mask and a hoodie to hide his identity, walked into the elevator of the complex on the first floor and road with an 85-year-old woman up to the sixth floor before dragging her out of the lift by her cane and stealing her purse The thief can later be seen reentering the elevator after the incident, with an unclear amount of cash in hand +4
The thief can later be seen reentering the elevator after the incident, with an unclear amount of cash in hand.
The unidentified robber was caught on camera and a street picture of him without his face mask was also taken +4
The unidentified robber was caught on camera and a street picture of him without his face mask was also taken
Later in the day, the thief was seen entering the elevator again with a stack of cash in his hand, believed to be from the purse. The amount of money he stole is unclear.
The attack came as robberies increased by almost five percent in 2021 compared with last year. There were 13,308 incidents this year, compared with 12,715 in 2020.
Poster Comment:
Dems hate Black people because they make them go to the worst schools and allow thugs to attack 85 year-old women with a cane. If he had been arrested he would have been out of jail faster than the little old lady had been released from the hospital.