Woman Thrown To Ground In Attempted Melville Robbery [VIDEO]

Police are looking to question the man pictured in surveillance photo and video regarding an attempted robbery in Melville that occurred earlier this year.

According to authorities, a woman was walking on Walt Whitman Road, near Arlington Street, when she was thrown to the ground by a man who tried to grab the pocketbook secured across her chest at 1 p.m. on May 26.

Watch a video of the robbery below. The video also shows the man wanted for questioning inside a TD Bank:

The robber fled in a light-blue late-model BMW with a sunroof and Illinois plates. There were at least two other men in the vehicle, police say.

The man wanted for questioning in connection to this attempted robbery is described as in his 20s with short dark hair.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.

Images, video via Crime Stoppers