What is wrong with you people?
Video shows man assaulting woman, 70, for cellphone
Police hope video will help them find culprit
UPDATED 10:55 AM EST Feb 19, 2014
Surveillance video shows man robbing 70-year-old
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POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP TRACKING DOWN THE MUGGER. THAT IS THE BIG STORY TONIGHT. THEY SAY THE ATTACKER ASSAULTED AND THEN ROB THE VICTIM. IT HAPPENED BETWEEN WEST BALTIMORE AND HOLLAND STREETS. THAT'S WHERE WE PICK UP THE STORY. THE 70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS STANDING BY THE CURB, CALLING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP HER WITH HER FLAT TIRE. THE SUSPECT APPROACHES AND THEN TAKE THE WOMAN TO THE GROUND. THE MAN SNATCHED HER CELL PHONE AND TOOK OFF. IT WAS SAD TO HEAR. I NEVER -- HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYBODY ELSE. IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT WALKING AROUND BY MYSELF LATE AT NIGHT. THAT FOLLOWS ATTACK ON THE SAME BLOCK IN SEPTEMBER. TWO MEN TRY TO ROB THE DEPUTY SOLICITOR FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'W OFFICE. WHAT A SAD IS -- WHAT IS SAD IS WHEN YOU ARE ACCOSTED BY THE CRIMINALS AND THUGS, YOU GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEY STILL GET IS A GOAL. -- STILL GET PHYSICAL. THAT IS WHY I WANT TO MOVE. HE'S A TEDDY BEAR BUT HE IS A GOOD PROTECTOR. THE WOMAN SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. POLICE DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ABOUT SIX FEET TALL, WEARING A BLACK JACKET AND KHAKI PANTS. POLICE BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUAL MAY FREQUENT THE AREA. WHETHER HE LIVED THERE OR NOT, WE ARE NOT SURE. WE WILL HOLD THE -- WE ARE HOPING THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP US SOLVE THE CASE. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH
BALTIMORE —Baltimore City police said they hope some surveillance video helps them find the man who mugged a 70-year-old woman in the southwest part of the city over the weekend.
Footage from a CityWatch crime camera showed the robber creeping up on and wrestling the woman to the ground near South Stricker Street between West Baltimore and Hollins streets around 5:15 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators said the woman was calling for someone to help with her flat tire when the man attacked and stole her cellphone.
In September, a deputy solicitor general for the Attorney General's Office was shot in the stomach during a robbery attempt while he was walking from his car to his home in the same area. Police said they're still searching for two men in that case and have made no arrests.
Neighbors said the recent crimes have them shaken up.
"What's even sadder is when you are accosted by these criminals or thugs, you give them what they want, and they still get physical. I mean, a 70-year-old woman? Come on. The woman could have been -- I'm sure she's somebody's grandmother," said neighbor Lemuel Murray.
Police said the man in the 70-year-old's case was black, about 6 feet tall, and he was wearing a black jacket and khaki pants. Investigators believe he may work or have family or friends in the area.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call police at 410-396-2504.
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