Help Cops Find Clinton Hill Purse Snatcher

The NYPD are searching for the man in the above video in connection to a robbery that occurred in Clinton Hill last Tuesday night.

A 27-year-old woman was walking home from the subway station near Waverly and Dekalb Avenues around 10pm on Tuesday, March 28, when she was approached from behind, punched in the face, and pushed to the ground. The attacker grabbed the victim’s purse before fleeing the scene.

Along with her purse, the thief made off with the victim’s cell phone and credit cards, according to police. The victim did not seek medical treatment following the incident.

The suspect is described as a black male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black bomber jacket, grey sweatpants, and dark grey high-top sneakers.

Anyone with information regarding 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 or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.