The incident occurred on June 21 at about half 7th a.m. at Fulton Street and Troy Avenue. Despite this, one of the culprits still have not been brought to justice.
That’s how it was. According to police, 41-year-old Rachel Gordon and 27-year-old Geneva Johnson pushed 85-year-old Vernon Forsythe to the ground, grabbed his wallet, where it was only $20 and a MetroCard, and fled the scene.
Ambulance staff were taken to an elderly man in serious condition in Methodist Hospital. According to doctors, Forsythe has turned out to be a broken hip.
His son (who refused to give his name), told the Daily News that his father-in-law is still recovering from injury. Man forced to walk with a Walker and a wheelchair.
«He’ll be fine. I saw him the 18th [of December], said the son — in-law. He’s still strong as an oak. He’s not talking about it. He has a strong wife, a strong family, so it is holding up well».
One of the participants of the robbery — Rachel Gordon, living in a homeless shelter in Washington Heights, was arrested July 30 on charges of robbery and assault with hate crimes because the victim is older than 65 years. Gordon is still in prison and may withdraw after a Deposit of $15 thousand
But the NYPD is still searching for the accomplice of Gordon, a photograph of which police released yesterday, December 19.
The NYPD is looking for 27-year-old Geneva Johnson
«I hope that she will get as much as they already caught criminal, said a relative of the Daily News. — If I catch them, I don’t know that they would. After all, you wouldn’t do that? How much money can be 85-year-old man?»
All who owns any information on the whereabouts of the suspect, please contact Crime Stoppers by phone number 800-577-TIPS.
