Crime & Safety

Caught On Video: Man Punches 82-Year-Old, Steals His Cane Inside Lower East Side Bodega

It was all caught on camera shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday inside a bodega on East Broadway near Clinton Street.

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June 17, 2021

An 82-year-old man was punched in the head and robbed while buying coffee on the Lower East Side.

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It was all caught on camera shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday inside a bodega on East Broadway near Clinton Street.

Surveillance video shows the suspect raise his fist before striking the victim and running off with his cane.

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