Crime & Safety
Men Rob 91-Year-Old After Helping Her Up On Village Street: Cops
Two men offered to walk a 91-year-old woman home after she fell near West 3rd Street — and then robbed her, cops said.
GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN — Two men who offered to help an elderly woman up after a fall ended up robbing her of $110 earlier this month, police said.
The two men offered to walk the 91-year-old woman home after she fell near Avenue of the Americas and West Third Street around 4:20 a.m. on Monday, March 2, police said. But once they arrived at her home, one of the men snatched $110 from the woman, police said.
Both men fled north on Sixth Avenue.
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