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NYPD: 69-Year-Old Woman Left Without 2 Teeth After Robbery In Brooklyn

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police are searching for a man accused in a brutal robbery that left a 69-year-old woman with two teeth knocked out in Brooklyn.

Investigators say two men forced their way into an apartment through a bedroom window, then a pulled a gun on the 69-year-old and a 71-year-old man inside.

NYPD Sunset Park suspect
(credit: NYPD)

The break-in happened back on Dec. 18 near Fourth Avenue and 58th Street in Sunset Park.

The duo allegedly made off with $2,000 and a cell phone.

One of the suspects was arrested, the other shown in a surveillance video remains at large.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74682), logging onto the Crime stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enterings TIP577.

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