Bronx Thief Snatches Chain From 84-Year-Old Woman's Neck: NYPD

Police are looking for the thief they say snatched a chain off an 84-year-old woman’s neck as she walked down a Bronx street in the middle of the day Sunday.

The woman was walking on Dawson Street in Longwood at about 2:30 p.m. when the man passed and grabbed at her necklace.

Video from the scene shows him yank the chain off her neck before running away.

Anyone with information about the man is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.

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