NYPD: Man Armed With Box Cutter Robs 80-Year-Old In Elevator

CBS New York

October 31, 2021

Video shows an 80-year-old man riding an elevator when his fellow passenger turns and robs him.

It happened Thursday afternoon in a building near East 12th Street and Avenue C in the East Village.

Police say the man had asked the victim for a cigarette outside the building, then followed him into the lobby of the building and into the elevator.

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