Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'seniorcitizen'
April 24, 2008
The police are looking for two men suspected of robbing an elderly woman at gunpoint on Tuesday afternoon. As the woman entered her apartment on Neptune Avenue, police say two men "forced their way into the apartment, where the tied up the 73-year-old woman at gunpoint before taking her ATM card, pin number and assorted jewelry." Seventy-three-year-old Shirley Rosenstock managed to break free and call the police. The police found that her ATM card......
Continue Reading "Elderly Woman Robbed, Tied Up in Brooklyn Home"March 14, 2008
A 91-year-old woman crossing East Gun Hill Road at DeKalb yesterday morning was hit by a tractor-trailer. Anna Rogovin had been walking to the senior center when she was hit and her legs crushed. It is also possible that a second vehicle hit her. Rogovin was comforted by witnesses; one said another woman held her until the ambulance came, "She had [Rogovin's] head in her lap. Her legs were smashed...Everybody was screaming and crying in......
Continue Reading "Bronx Hit-and-Run: 91-Year-Old's Legs Severed"
