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Police searching for ‘coward’ who robbed 83-year-old man at MBTA station

BOSTON — Transit Police are looking for the ‘coward’ who robbed an 83-year-old man at the MBTA’s Park Street Station.

It happened at around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, November 24, the day before Thanksgiving.

Police say the victim was standing on the eastbound platform on the MBTA’s Green Line at Park Street Station when the suspect “forcefully grabbed the victim’s wallet and cell phone out of his hand and fled.”

Transit Police are asking anyone who may have information to share about the identity of the suspect to call their Criminal Investigations Unit at 617-222-1050.

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