Cops seek punk who attacked, robbed 94-year-old woman on Easter
Police are looking for the cowardly thug who jumped a senior citizen in the Northeast's Bell's Corner section on Easter Sunday as she walked home from a grocery store in her neighborhood.
Cops seek punk who attacked, robbed 94-year-old woman on Easter
Police are looking for the cowardly thug who jumped a senior citizen in the Northeast’s Bell’s Corner section on Easter Sunday as she walked home from a grocery store in her neighborhood.
Just after 2 p.m. April 8, police said, the 94-year-old woman was walking near the intersection of Loretto Avenue and Fox Chase Road when the robber started to follow her. Eventually, cops said, the pusillanimous punk pounced on his helpless victim from behind, knocking her to the ground and stealing her purse.
The woman, who can be seen walking with a cane in surveillance video released by police on Wednesday, suffered a broken arm and several cuts and bruises as a result of the attack. The creep who attacked her fled in an unknown direction, cops said. He’s described as a white man about 6 feet tall, weighing between 175 and 185 pounds. He wore a blue shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.
The video below will probably make your skin crawl when you see the way this guy slinks up behind his unsuspecting victim.
If you recognize him or have any information about the attack, call the Northeast Detective Division at 215-686-3153/54, contact the police tip line at 215-686-8477 or submit a tip online.
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Some of you commenters are classic: "Let's see the video...uhm, uh, the attacker is white, eh...welllll, he can't be REALLY white (aka American) but obviously Ukrainian, or some kind of foreigner at least. No white American would ever do anything so horrible. Case closed!" Thank you Philly.com commenters for never disappointing. Seriously, best wishes to that poor woman for a speedy recovery, and for the police to get this (very white) lowlife off the street and into jail ASAP.— Middle_Class- Somebody should beat this cowardly punk to the point his purreed remains simply slide down the gutter in a storm drain. He should be beaten to the point he couldn't even be identified by his DNA.— Miss Bunny
- Nothing on this? http://www.wftv.com/news/news/deputies-men-beat-another-man-hammer-sanford/nMHW6/— knicks84
- the guy is a criminal....it really doesn't matter what he is...he probably speaks english as well as you, dogman5....you trolls are pathetic— joegrink
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- Where's George Zimmerman when you really need him?— barneygoogle
- They should hold his teachers accountable. If he had a voucher to attend a religious school and did not have union thugs suppressing free enterprise in this city, he would be educated and hard working and this never would have happened.-Signed Mitt Romney's Campaign Mgr.— mick-of-the-moment
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- Why is the picture so blurred all the time? It was a sunny day...psualum, where do you live? neighborhood? world?— ptahan
- In the words of Fee Waybill and The Tubes, White Punks on Dope!— TomM
- The police ? No,you turn him over to her family then the ambulance then the police...— urbman
- this is front page news because he is not the usual suspect. the usuals committ these crimes every day in philly but we are so immune and used to their behavior it is not front page worthy. sad really— psualum
- Best surveillance video ever. Let's cover the city with them. There is no better use of tax-dollars.— tr88
- Keep lett'in em in. Bet he doesn't even speak English.— dogman5
- Typical Philly. Bet they were wearing Hoodies too.— Citizenc92
- digusting. i really hope someone beats the holy hell out of him before calling police. then he'll hopefully be gang you-know-what'ed in prison many times.— Mags37
- you mean to tell me they cant zoom in on the pic? come on if it were a bank robbery the would get the close up needed. phila. police couldn't solve a crime with a video anyway, they can barley solve crimes with multiple eyewitnesses— stayoutofphilly
- Disgusting. Hard to watch. It doesn't appear to me that he even got away with the purse.— wokmaster
- The usual suspects...— ClarkU
- Hope someone does kick the p!ss out of him first, because even if he is found guilty, he'll only get probation in Philly.— UnclePaul38
- He's giving white men everywhere a bad name, unless he's a Ukrainian like an earlier post said, that would explain it.— neddyflanders
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- Here we have one POS. I'd like to beat him to a pulp. Someone must recognize this garbage. Turn him in. Are you kidding me? 2:00 in the afternoon!— marcie
- OMG if anybody knows this guy, before you call the Police, beat the he(( out of him. Are you kidding me. Jeez what a scumbag.— FROM THE BEACH
