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Elderly Woman Punched In Face, Robbed At Gunpoint On Avenue T And East 2 Street In Brooklyn’s Sephardic Jewish Community


flThe New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals depicted in the attached photographs in connection to a gunpoint robbery.

The following details were given to YWN by the NYPD:

On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at approximately 11:05AM, a 72-year-old female victim was at the corner of Avenue T and East 2nd Street when an unknown male knocked her to the ground from behind, struck her in the face with a closed fist and removed her purse containing $5,000. The victim received a laceration to the face.

Surveillance photos taken from the video obtained from the above location are attached.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.

(YWN Desk – NYC)



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