Elderly Man Bitten And Robbed Of Hundreds In Harlem: Police

HARLEM, NY — An elderly man was recently bitten and robbed in Harlem, police said.

An 81-year-old man was walking out of a check cashing business around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at 89 E. 116th St., when a man approached him and bit the victim's right hand, police said.

The attacker then ripped $330 from him and ran away, police said.

The older man suffered a cut on his hand, but did not need to go to the hospital, police said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).