Police probe Roslyn purse-snatching
Police are investigating a purse snatching of a woman who was walking to her Roslyn home Tuesday night.
The incident occurred at 8 p.m. on Edwards Street, police said.
A man approached the woman, 44, from behind, forcibly took her handbag and threw her to the ground, police said in a Wednesday news release.
The suspect took the victim's money and iPod Touch, police said.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS. Callers will be kept anonymous.
Detectives do not believe Tuesday's robbery is connected to about a dozen purse snatchings that hit South Shore communities in the last few months of 2010, said Det. Michael Bitsko, a police spokesman.
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