Woman Injured In Attempted Sutton Place Moped Purse Snatch: NYPD

SUTTON PLACE, NY — A woman was injured when a moped-riding crook tried to snatch her purse on a Sutton Place street Thursday evening, police said.

At about 4:45 p.m., a 73-year-old woman was hailing a cab on the corner of East 57th Street and First Avenue when a man riding a moped scooted behind her, officials said.

The man, who police only described as wearing a black coat, tried to grab the woman's purse but was unsuccessful, police said.

During the failed grab, the moped-riding crook injured the woman, leaving her with a "severe" cut, a police spokesperson said. Details on how the injury happened were not immediately available.

First responders rushed the injured woman in stable condition to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, while moped man fled east on East 57th Street, officials said.

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).