NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a man who robbed a 64-year-old man sitting in a wheelchair on a Staten Island bus.
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Security footage from Aug. 13 around 11:10 p.m. shows the suspect come up behind the man and snatch $250 of cash from his shirt pocket while the S40 MTA bus is stopped at the intersection of Clinton Avenue and Richmond Terrace before fleeing.
The victim was not injured in the robbery, and an NYPD investigation is ongoing.
Police are asking anyone with information on the robbery to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Anonymous tips can also be submitted on the Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips.