The Brief<\/p>\n
Police are searching for a man accused of grabbing a purse from a 68-year-old woman in the Bronx.<\/p>\n
The incident happened early April 13 at a bus stop near West 231st Street and Broadway.<\/p>\n
The suspect fled on foot and remains at large.<\/p>\n
NEW YORK – Police are asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a purse snatching in the Bronx.<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
According to the NYPD, the incident happened around 4:25 a.m. on Monday, April 13.<\/p>\n
A 68-year-old woman was standing at a bus stop at West 231st Street and Broadway when a man approached her and grabbed her purse.<\/p>\n
The suspect then ran away northbound toward Kingsbridge Avenue.<\/p>\n
Police say the stolen purse contained a credit card and about $20.<\/p>\n
The victim was not injured.<\/p>\n
Suspect description<\/p>\n
The individual is described as a man with a dark complexion, believed to be in his 40s with a medium build and partially bald.<\/p>\n
He was last seen wearing a long black sleeve shirt, a dark vest with a hood, blue jeans and black sneakers.<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
Police have released images of the suspect and are asking anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or submit tips online. All calls are confidential.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
This article was written using information provided by the NYPD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police are searching for a man accused of grabbing a purse from a 68-year-old woman in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[83110,128,9,24,63,103,79941,83111,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-209801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-231st-street","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-purse-snatching","tag-stolen-purse","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}