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Sep 10, 2007 11:57 pm US/Eastern
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SHOCK: 95-Year-Old Woman Beaten In Manhattan
Police Say Robbery Was Motive, Have Suspect On Tape
by Hazel Sanchez
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
It's happened again, an elderly woman has been beaten over a lousy purse. This time, the victim is 95 years old.
Police on Monday were looking for a man they say beat and robbed the woman right outside her 17th floor apartment. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. at the East River Co-op on the Lower East Side.
The victim's friends are shocked by the attack.
"He just came out after her and pushed her down and stepped on her," one resident said. "There are marks on her chest and on her back that he stepped on her with his boots."
Added friend Beverly Dubrino: "This woman goes to Pathmark. She goes to the temple. She's always on the bus. So I said to my mother how's her spirits now? She said she's a fighter. But ... terrible."
A building manager says the elderly woman entered a locked side door and allowed the suspect into the building.
Police have produced a surveillance picture of the suspect, who they say followed the victim to her floor, knocked her to the ground and kicked her. He then took off with the woman's pocketbook.
Tenants like Michael O'Hurley are concerned for their own safety.
"If I was 95 years old and on my own ... you're really not in a position to keep someone from following you into the building," O'Hurley said. "That's why we have security and they should be doing their job.
"The cameras aren't enough. They're here they're walking the streets. They should pay more attention."
Said building resident Rafael Rosario: "The policy is you don't let anyone in that you don't know, but you know how it is. Reality is something else."
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