Man wanted for stealing woman’s purse in Flushing: NYPD

By Madina Toure

FLUSHING — Police were looking for a man who robbed a woman in Flushing over the weekend.

At about 10:40 a.m. Saturday, a 57-year-old woman was walking up the stairs to her apartment around Sanford Avenue and Bowne Street when the man followed her from behind, asked her a question and snatched her purse before fleeing, according to the police. The victim was not injured.

The suspect was described as an Asian male.

The investigation was ongoing, a police spokeswoman said.