NYPD Officers Buy Safety Device For 90-Year-Old Robbery Victim In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Two NYPD officers helped out one of the victims of a rash of Bronx robberies.
The NYPD says the officers used their own money to buy 90-year-old John Valenti a safety device that makes noise when he's in danger.
When Officers McDowell & Alcantara from the @NYPD49Pct heard that a 90-year-old man was robbed recently, they wanted him to know that he wasn't alone & they cared. Using their own money, they bought him an audible alarm alerting the public if he ever needed help or was in danger. pic.twitter.com/M6UXU6fb76
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 29, 2021
A surveillance camera captured the moment someone robbed Valenti as he was checking his mail last week.
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Police say that same suspect is responsible for at least seven robberies in the past five months. All of the victims were over the age of 65.