Crime & Safety
63-Year-Old Greenpoint Woman Punched And Mugged: NYPD
A man knocked a Greenpoint woman to the ground Tuesday night in order to steal $40 she had in her purse, said police.
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the man who punched a 63-year-old woman to the ground and stole her purse Tuesday evening.
The Greenpoint woman was about to walk into her home near Morgan Avenue and Sutton Street around 10:30 p.m. when she was attacked, said police.
The man punched her in the face and grabbed her purse — which held $40 and a cellphone — before running away, police said.
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Medics took the woman to a nearby hospital where she was treated and released, said police.
Police released a photo of the suspect, whom they describe as a man wearing a black hooded jacket and dark sweatpants, on Wednesday.
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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD.
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