
Cruel thief is caught on video dragging 85-year-old woman with a cane out of Bronx elevator 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
The NYPD are looking for a man who dragged an 85-year-old woman by her cane from an elevator into a wall before stealing her purse
The recorded incident took place at 3.10p.m. on Sunday inside an apartment building near E. 149th St. and Morris Ave. in Mott Haven, in the Bronx
The callous thief 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
He then went back inside the elevator to steal the elderly woman’s purse
To make her let go, the thief pulled the victim by her cane as far as into the hallway wall, knocking her to the ground
The elderly woman, whose identity remains protected, was taken to Lincoln Hospital with neck pain, police said
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 he stole is unclear
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