Robber Corners Woman in Greenwich Village Lobby: Police

Surveillance video was rolling when a man crept up behind a woman and robbed her in the vestibule of her Greenwich Village apartment building early Saturday morning, police say.

The video shows the 32-year-old woman about to enter her apartment building at Grove and Bedford streets when the suspect comes up to her from behind and drives her into a corner, demanding her purse.

At one point in the video, two people begin to enter the building and appear to notice something is amiss. That’s when the suspect confronts them outside.

Police say the suspect took off with the woman’s bag, later throwing it on the ground, where it was later recovered.

There were no reported injuries.

Police ask anyone with information to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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