A man who sexually assaulted an elderly woman during a robbery Sunday morning in south suburban Lansing may have committed a separate robbery one block away, less than a week earlier.
About 10:30 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a report of a home invasion in the 17100 block of Greenbay Avenue, according to Lansing police.
The homeowner, an elderly woman, told the officers that she was pulling into her attached garage when a man approached and demanded money, police said. The suspect took the woman into her home and sexually assaulted her, then took several items of jewelry and ran away.
A suspect with a similar description robbed an elderly man about 10 a.m. Thursday about a block away in the 17100 block of Lorenz Avenue, police said.
An elderly man was arriving to his house when a man approached, demanded his money and phone, then walked him inside the home for additional money, police said. The suspect then ran away.
The suspect was described as a black man, thought to be about 30 years old, standing about 5-foot-9, with short hair, a medium build, wearing dark clothing, police said.
Despite extensive searches of the areas of both incidents, officers have not been able to find the suspect, police said.
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Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to contact the Lansing Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at (708) 895-7150.
