50¢• VOL. 107, NO. 24 JANUARY 14 - JANUARY 20, 2016 TIMESNEWSWEEKLY.COM Since 1908 Photo courtesy Fix-N-Go Electronics Font: Engravers Old English Normal GOOD CALL Store collecting old phones to help violence victims. See page 4 $1M WINNING TICKET SOLD IN RIDGEWOOD 3 MIDVILLE MAN SNARED IN SEX STING VIA INTERNET 6 METS STARS HEADLINE MASPETH CONVENTION 27 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 19 NYC's Largest Real Estate Section Thief punches elderly woman for her purse in Ridgewood BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Detectives are looking for a purse snatcher who punched an elderly woman during a robbery in Ridgewood on Jan. 10. According to police, the suspect — described as a black male, between 30 and 35 years of age, weighing between 140 and 150 lbs., and standing 5 feet 8 inches or 5 feet 9 inches tall — approached the 70-yearold female victim in the vicinity of Centre Street and Cypress Avenue at approximately 9:45 p.m. He then proceeded to punch the victim in the chest, grab her purse off of her shoulder and ee in an unknown direction. Officers from the 104th Precinct responded to the incident; the woman was not seriously injured. Video of the suspect, which police released on Jan. 11, can be viewed below. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800- 577-TIPS (8477). SPECIAL SECTION:
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