EAST WILLIAMSBURG — A 70-year-old woman was pushed against the wall and robbed for her cash and wedding rings in a Boriquen Plaza housing building last Saturday, police said.
The victim said she was walking up the stairs in a building on Seigel Street between Bushwick Avenue and Humboldt Street around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 18 when a man pushed her against the wall and said "quieta," police said.
The man, who was about 25 years old, frisked the woman and took $1,300 from a black leather pouch on her waist, police said.
He then took her white metal wedding band and white metal wedding ring, police said.
The suspect then fled up the stairs, police said.
He was described as being 5-foot-4, 150 pounds, with brown eyes and short curly hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blue top.
Police are investigating the incident.
