Crime & Safety

NYPD: Suspect Shoved 76-Year-Old To Ground, Stole $300 Chain

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477.

(David Allen/Patch)

August 21, 2021

Police are investigating after a man was caught on camera attacking a 76-year-old man on a sidewalk in Brooklyn.

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It happened near Church Avenue and East 18th Street around 2:15 p.m. on Aug. 14.

According to police, the suspect said something to the victim before shoving him to the ground and grabbing a $300 chain from around his neck.

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