An elderly woman was robbed at knifepoint, and the NYPD is asking the public for information to help apprehend the suspect.

Police tell YWN that on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at approximately 1:40PM, an approximately 45-year-old male followed a 72-year-old female victim and offered to carry her bags for her in the vicinity of East 9th Street and Avenue P. After carrying her bags, the individual displayed a knife and demanded her handbag. The victim screamed and the individual then fled on foot southbound on East 9th Street.

Thankfully, she was not injured.

The individual is described as a male, Black Hispanic, 40 to 50 years of age, with a bald head, last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt.

Pictures and video of the individual fleeing the incident location are attached.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)