BROOKLYN — Police released sketches and surveillance video Wednesday of a man wanted for questioning about a slew of attacks and robberies of elderly women in Brooklyn.
The assault on an 83-year-old woman Saturday afternoon was the fifth in a string of robberies that have occurred in Prospect Heights, Park Slope and Ridgewood within the past three months, police said.
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The subject of the new images was last seen at around 4:40 p.m. Saturday on Beverly Road and Ocean Parkway, fleeing after he hit an elderly Kensington woman in the face with a hard object, police said.
The man is also wanted for the assaults and robberies of a 76-year-old woman in Ridgewood on Jan. 20, a 71-year-old woman in Prospect Heights on Feb. 11, and a 91-year-old woman in Park Slope — also Feb. 11, police said.
The suspect is 40 to 60 years old, about 5-foot-10 and was last seen wearing a black jacket, according to the NYPD.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said he has added $1,000 of his own money to the police’s $2,500 reward for any information that leads to the suspect’s arrest.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).