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Video Shows Man Snatching Purse Containing $3,000 In Newark Building Video Shows Man Snatching Purse Containing $3,000 In Newark Building
Video Shows Man Snatching Purse Containing $3,000 In Newark Building Police in Newark are seeking the man who was captured on surveillance footage stealing a woman's purse, containing $3,000. It happened around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, as the woman tried to enter her apartment building on 13th Avenue in Newark, police said. The man can be seen standing idly, before snatching the woman's bag, which contained $2,800 worth of money orders and $200 in cash, police said. The suspect  was described as a Black man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a white cobra snake on the back, with white Yeezy Boost 350 sneakers and carrying a black cross body …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk
Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after being dragged down the sidewalk in Bayonne by a man who stole her purse and fled, police said. The woman was checking her mailbox on her porch at 52nd Street and Avenue B, when the unknown man approached her from behind and demanded her purse around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The man attempted to forcibly take the woman's purse, dragging her down her front steps in the process, Amato said. He dragged her a short distance across the sidewalk before taking her purse and fleeing, police said. The woman was taken t…

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by Cecilia Levine