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Man steals women's purses in Seaford

An unidentified man knocked down a woman walking with her 86-year-old mother Wednesday afternoon in Seaford and took their pocketbooks, Nassau County police said.

Seventh Squad detectives said the woman, 54, was walking on Jerusalem Avenue with her mother at about 1:30 p.m. when the man came up behind her and grabbed her around the neck.

After knocking her to the ground, the man took...

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