Elderly Woman Brutally Robbed, Beaten In Midtown Elevator: NYPD

MIDTOWN, NY — An elderly woman was brutally beaten and robbed inside an elevator on a ritzy, Midtown block on Friday, according to police.

At about 1 p.m., a 74-year-old woman was inside an elevator at a building on the corner of Madison Avenue between East 57th and 58th streets when a man entered the elevator and tried to rob her, police said.

As the woman tried to resist the crook's attempt, he decided to brutally throw the woman to the ground, police said.

The man then kicked her as she lay on the ground and ran off with her purse, police said.

Officials released a photo of a person they say is connected to the robbery and described the man as about five foot 10 inches tall and with a heavy build.

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).