Crime & Safety
Woman Robbed At Knifepoint On Upper East Side, Police Say
The woman was pushed up against a wall and threatened with a knife, police said.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man who robbed a woman at knifepoint early Tuesday morning on the Upper East Side, police told Patch.
A 35-year-old woman was walking near East 74th Street and Fifth Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday when she was approached by an unknown man, police said. The man pushed the woman up against a wall, threatened her with a knife and demanded that she hand over her money, police told Patch.
The man then stole the woman's bag and fled in the direction of Central Park, police told Patch.
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Police released a video Friday showing the suspect walking on an Upper East Side street minutes before the attack:
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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