Knife-Wielding Thief Robs 2 Women Over 2 Days In Queens: NYPD

QUEENS, NY -- Cops believe a man who robbed an elderly woman at knifepoint outside her Queens home is the same thief who held up another woman in a nearby bank just two days earlier.

Cops are still searching for the man, who they said pulled out a knife on a 71-year-old woman heading back to her home in Ozone Park and demanded her money at around 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24. Standing right outside her home near Glenmore Avenue and 76th Street, the man held a knife to the woman as he stole $6,300 worth of jewelry and $100 in cash from her, police told Patch.

The man then bolted with his stolen goods in an unknown direction, leaving the woman unharmed, police said.

The incident happened only a few miles away from another robbery police believe the man committed inside a Ridgewood bank just two days earlier. Cops said he held up a 27-year-old woman at knifepoint inside a Bank of America at 59-01 Myrtle Ave. on Jan. 22 at around 7:55 a.m.

The man stole $12o from the woman before fleeing the bank and heading north on Forest Avenue, police said. No injuries were reported from the robbery.

On Monday, the NYPD released video footage of the suspect that was caught after the second robbery. Cops described him as a man in his early twenties, standing at around 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Lead photo via NYPD.