NYPD: Attempted robbery of senior at bus stop on Staten Island on Memorial Day

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police are investigating a report of an attempted robbery on Monday evening at a bus stop in New Springville.

A 66-year-old woman was waiting at a bus stop in the vicinity of Rockland and Richmond avenues at about 8:50 p.m. when an unknown individual approached her, according to a spokesman for the NYPD.

The suspect attempted to forcibly remove her purse from her arm before fleeing in an unknown direction, the police spokesman said…

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