A mugger attacked a 101-year-old woman in Queens, punching her in the face and knocking her over before making off with her purse, according to police and a security-camera video. The same suspect moved on to victimize an 85-year-old woman shortly afterward. Police are looking to the public for tips that could help identify him. The robberies happened in separate buildings in the Jamaica section of Queens on Sunday.
The 101-year-old woman was assaulted in her building's lobby around 12:30 p.m. Security-camera footage, aired in news reports, showed the mugger approaching her, whacking her in the face and sending her and her walker tumbling.
"I was not unconscious, but I was startled, and I thought: What happened?" said the woman, Rose Morat. The suspect took her purse, police said.
About a half-hour later, 85-year-old Solange Elizee was assaulted outside her apartment. Police said the suspect followed her on elevator and got out on a different floor from hers, but then confronted her by her apartment door.
Elizee said he asked her in the elevator what floor she was headed to, explaining, "I like to help old people."
But as she went to close her door, he threatened, "'I get you,'" Elizee said. She said the suspect also beat her in the face and pushed her down.
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