NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police are searching for a purse thief who punched a 67-year-old woman in the head, causing her to fall down the stairs of a Manhattan subway station.
The unidentified man attacked the woman at the 42 Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal subway Station in Midtown just before 7 a.m. on April 5.
After the attack caused her to fall down the stairs, the man grabbed her purse and ran with $150 and her credit cards.
The victim had minor injuries, and EMS treated her at the station. She did not need to go to a hospital.
The NYPD is asking anyone with information on the attack 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 at the CrimeStoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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