Crime & Safety

73-Year-Old Woman Robbed At Knifepoint In Wash Heights: Police

The woman was robbed within a building near 330 Audubon Avenue, according to police.

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An image of a man wanted in connection to a robbery that took place Sunday in Washington Heights.
An image of a man wanted in connection to a robbery that took place Sunday in Washington Heights. (Photo courtesy of the New York Police Department)

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The New York Police Department is looking for a man who recently robbed a 73-year-old woman in a Washington Heights building.

The woman had just entered a building near 330 Audubon Avenue, when a man approached her with a knife and threatened her, according to police.

He ripped the 73-year-old's purse from her hand and took off towards West 180th Street, police said.

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NYPD added that the purse contained a cellphone and roughly $180.

Luckily, there were no injuries reported, according to police.

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NYPD released pictures Wednesday night of the man wanted in connection to the robbery.

An image of a man wanted in connection to a robbery in Washington Heights. Photo courtesy of the New York Police Department.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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