Police release image of person of interest in robbery of 75-year-old in Dorchester
Police have released a surveillance image of a person of interest in the robbery of a 75-year-old woman in Dorchester on Sunday.
A surveillance image of the person of interest in the robbery.
Around 3:38 p.m. Sunday, officers responded to the area of 55 Hallet St. for a report of a robbery in progress, Boston police said in a statement Monday.
The 75-year-old woman told officers that a man had approached her from behind as she was returning to her car in the Florian Hall parking lot, grabbed her purse, and ran away, according to police.
The suspect was described as white man with a thin build, about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10, and wearing a black or navy jacket, light blue jeans, and a baseball cap, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the identity of the person of interest or the incident is asked to call police at 617-343-4335.
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