By Associated Press - Sunday, February 2, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) - Police are searching for a man they say snatched purses from four women in Brooklyn last month.

Police said Saturday the man forcibly took the women’s purses in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn on Jan. 21, 24, 25 and 29.

They say his victims include two 61-year-old women, a 71-year-old woman and a 75-year-old woman.



In all cases police say the women reported minor injuries.

Police ask anyone with information to call their confidential crime stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

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