Det. Lt. Kevin Smith said at a press briefing that detectives are trying to determine if a similar robbery late last Thursday in Elmont was part of the pattern. In that robbery, a thief stole a purse from a woman getting out of a car in her driveway.
According to detectives, a man approached a 63-year-old female victim from behind as she was walking up the front steps to her home. The subject grabbed the victim’s purse and forcibly removed it from her shoulder.
The victim screamed, which drew the attention of a witness who followed the subject northbound on Arcadia Avenue, but lost track of him when he fled into a backyard, police stated. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident.
The contents of the purse were a checkbook, papers in the name of the victim and an unknown amount of money. This particular subject was described as a black or Hispanic male, 19-23 years old, wearing black sweatpants with a white stripe and a black jacket.
Police said the robber has come up from behind the intended target and grabs her purse in most of these robberies. No warning is given, according to Smith.
Police believe the robber is working with another man in perpetrating these robberies as a getaway driver. The latest incidents were Thursday in Merrick and North Bellmore, and last night in Baldwin, police said.
The previous robberies were in East Meadow, Wantagh, North Merrick, Merrick and Levittown between 8 and 11 p.m. Another pocketbook robbery occurred in Hicksville on Nov. 20 at 8:09 p.m.
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