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78-Year-Old Man Assaulted, Robbed of $13 in Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Police are looking for a man who they said attacked and assaulted a 78-year-old man in Elizabeth Friday morning.

According to police, the elderly man was walking in the area of 851 Elizabeth Avenue, when an unknown male suspect allegedly threw the victim to the ground and struck him in the face.

The suspect reportedly took $13 from the victim before running from the scene police said.

The suspect -only described as a tall black male, was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and black jeans - fled in an unknown direction.

The victim suffered swelling to the right side of his face and a small laceration.

The incident remains under investigation.

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