Elderly man, 76, robbed of $20 and check: Post

ST. ALBANS — Police were searching for a young man who robbed a 76-year-old man on a St. Albans street.

At about 10:50 a.m. Aug. 30, a man wearing a red shirt, blue pants and sunglasses who appeared to be in his 20s knocked the elderly fellow to the ground at 140th Avenue and 170th Street, according to police.

He then proceeded to take $20 and a cashier’s check for an undisclosed amount from the older man, police said, then tried to cash the check at a nearby Citibank branch on 137th Avenue.