About 11:20 a.m. Thursday, police said, a man approached two women, ages 69 and 77, from behind on the 6600 block of North Sixth Street in East Oak Lane, pushed the women to the ground and stole their handbags. He then fled in what looked like a burgundy Buick, police said.



Then, about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, police believe the same man robbed a 66-year-old woman on the 8000 block of Baldwin Street in the Stenton section. The woman had been carrying groceries from her car when the man grabbed her purse, knocked her to the ground and kicked her until the strap of her purse, which was across her chest, broke, police said. He then fled in what was believed to be a red Buick.



About 9:40 a.m. Sunday, the same man allegedly robbed a 33-year-old woman who was walking to her vehicle on the 5500 block of Morris Street in Germantown. As the woman entered her vehicle, the man knocked her to the ground, reached into her vehicle and took her backpack, police said. He then fled in an older-model maroon vehicle.