Disabled Durham couple robbed at bus stop

Police on Tuesday asked for the public's help to identify a man who robbed a disabled couple at a Durham bus stop.

The robbery occurred at about 1:45 p.m. Friday on the 300 block of Chestnut Street.

A 65-year-old man and a 78-year-old woman, both in wheelchairs, were headed home from a bus stop when a man approached and yanked a gold necklace off the woman’s neck, police said. The thief also tried to pull rings off her fingers, causing cuts to her hands, but the man was able to fight off the thief, who then ran off, police said.

The couple was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The thief was described as a black man in his early 20s, wearing dark clothing and with a wallet chain on his pants.

Anyone who can identify him is asked to call Durham police Investigator K. Emanuel at 919-560-4415, extension 29306, or Crime Stoppers at 919-683-1200.