Thief targets elderly women in Third Avenue Foodtown
Surveillance image of a suspect during the Oct. 15 theft.
Three elderly women were robbed in the Foodtown supermarket on Third Avenue and 91st Street in October, according to police.
On Oct. 2, a man stole a purse containing $200 from an 80-year-old woman. He returned Oct. 15 and used an accomplice to distract a 73-year-old woman while he stole a wallet containing credit cards and $600 from her bag. He struck again Oct. 27, snatching an 89-year-old woman’s pocketbook and getting away with credit cards and $26.
Police describe the suspect as light-skinned with black hair in a ponytail. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, black pants, brown and black boots, a light-colored hat and a black mask.