81 Year-Old Women Attacked and Robbed

The Victim 81 year old women, says she went into a store on the 1100 block of South Broad Street around 1 p.m. back on June 17 to buy a lottery ticket. As she started to leave the store, a man walked behind her and opened the door for her. When the woman reached the 1300 block of South Juniper Street he allegedly put her in a choke-hold, threw her up against a wall, snatched her wallet and then fled on foot west on Wharton Street, according to investigators.

The victim, a widow with no children, says she's afraid that she can't sleep at night. That's why police are working hard to find the suspect.Police say the suspect was wearing a white t-shirt, dark-colored shorts and dark-colored shoes.Video below.More News at Allinphilly.com