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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.

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Cops seek punk who attacked, robbed 94-year-old woman on Easter

POSTED: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 4:14 PM

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.


Morgan Zalot @ 4:14 PM  Permalink | 25 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:25 PM, 04/11/2012
    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
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:45 PM, 04/11/2012
    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
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:51 PM, 04/11/2012
    He's giving white men everywhere a bad name, unless he's a Ukrainian like an earlier post said, that would explain it.
    neddyflanders
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:53 PM, 04/11/2012
    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
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:57 PM, 04/11/2012
    The usual suspects...
    ClarkU
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:09 PM, 04/11/2012
    Disgusting. Hard to watch. It doesn't appear to me that he even got away with the purse.
    wokmaster
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:14 PM, 04/11/2012
    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
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:16 PM, 04/11/2012
    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
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:18 PM, 04/11/2012
    Typical Philly. Bet they were wearing Hoodies too.
    Citizenc92
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:00 PM, 04/11/2012
    Keep lett'in em in. Bet he doesn't even speak English.
    dogman5
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:27 PM, 04/11/2012
    Best surveillance video ever. Let's cover the city with them. There is no better use of tax-dollars.
    tr88
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:37 PM, 04/11/2012
    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
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:49 PM, 04/11/2012
    The police ? No,you turn him over to her family then the ambulance then the police...
    urbman
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:06 PM, 04/11/2012
    In the words of Fee Waybill and The Tubes, White Punks on Dope!
    TomM


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