Hatchet-Wielding Robber Arrested in Attack on Woman in Queens

A 42-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sneaking up behind a woman while armed with a hatchet, dragging her to the ground and running off with her bag earlier this month. 

Police say the man walked up to the 23-year-old woman near Woodside and Roosevelt avenues in Queens late Saturday Oct. 1 and attacked her. 

He ran away with her property. 

The man faces charges of robbery, grand larceny and menacing. 

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