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NEW YORK — Police are searching for a suspect after an 81-year-old woman was threatened and robbed in an elevator in the Bronx on Friday.
According to police, an unidentified man pretended to help the woman out of an elevator in a residential building on Grand Concourse and Marcy Place before threatening her with an unknown object.
Police say the man took $200 from the woman’s pocketbook before leaving the scene.
No injuries were reported.
The NYPD describes the suspect as around 5’10” tall, weighing approximately 150 pounds, with a salt and pepper goatee. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a blue hooded sweatshirt, a green jacket and white sneakers with a black knit cap.