What to Know
- Police are searching for a man responsible for robbing a woman in front of her Greenwich apartment on Wed., Sept. 26
- The 26-year-old tried fighting the robber off, but he got away with $200 from her wallet
- Anyone with information is asked to contact police
Police have released video of a man wanted for allegedly following, and then attacking and robbing a woman in front of her Greenwich Village apartment last month.
The video shows the man following a 26-year-old woman into her building’s doorway near Minetta and Bleeker streets at around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
The man corners her by the entrance, video shows, then pulls out a pair of pliers, and demands money. Police said the woman tried to fight the man off, but he ultimately got away with $200 from the victim’s wallet.
The woman was not hurt, police said.
The suspect is described as a man in his mid-twenties, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, last wearing a black hoodie with red writing on the front, blue jeans and a black backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stopper Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
