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College Student Raises Money for Mugging Victim

2008_09_melf.jpgOne heartwarming thing to come from the horrible mugging of 85-year-old Lillian France in a Brooklyn apartment building's elevator: The Daily News reports that Megdar Evans College student Keyston Boyce raised $900 to replace the money that was stolen from France. Boyston, who "led a door-to-door effort," explained, "She could have easily been my grandmother." (Police arrested Cornelius Abson, suspected of mugging many other senior citizens, a few days after the crime.) France said of Boyce, "In spite of all these bad things that are going on in this country and in our neighborhoods, there are still good kids around who are willing to do good things."

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  • ziggyziggy

    she scared away the mugger with her bulldog looks.

  • Steven

    There should be much more stories like this in the media.

  • rasputinsghost

    Great guy!

  • matukonyc

    It's Medgar Evers College, not Megdar Evans.

  • ides_of_march

    Well done.

  • moocowtoo

    Look at her face, she is hardcore!!

  • chris lee

    I think she planned the whole thing. You go Granny :) C'mon just kidding.

  • Jen Chung

    I know--it makes humankind seem slightly less doomed.

  • virgil

    Excellent story; I'm glad this was publicized.

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