Police on Tuesday sought the public's help to find a man who followed a woman home and robbed her when she got out of her car in South Los Angeles earlier this month.
The man could be seen in surveillance video Oct. 1, watching a 67-year-old woman at Union Bank near West Jefferson and Crenshaw boulevards in South Los Angeles.
Afterward, he followed the woman to her home and robbed her, police said.
"I turned and he was already on my back. He said, 'This is a robbery,' then we start forcing for my purse," the victim told NBC4.
She got out, he strode past her, casually greeting her, then quickly turned, pushed her to the ground and took her purse. He drove away in a late 1990s model faded dark blue Nissan Altima.
"It's scary, you know, to rob an old lady just living out of her retirement — that's life. You've got to be careful," she said.
The man is described as black in his 30s, 6 feet tall and weighs about 250-300 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and wears a full beard. At the time of the crime, he was wearing a black shirt, tan shorts, a baseball cap and tennis shoes.
U.S. & World
Detectives believe he might be connected to the robbery of an 84-year-old victim that occurred blocks away five days earlier. Both victims gave similar accounts and description of the man.
Anyone with information is asked to call Gerald Detective Harden at 213-485-2562.
