Parents Call Police After Seeing Son On Video Robbing Elderly Women

[Whisper]

Strong arm robbery suspect Adam Bardisa, 19, was arrested, charged

BOCA RATON, Fla. -
A man turned in his 19-year-old son after seeing surveillance images of him robbing two elderly women as they tried to board a bus in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies said.

Deputies said a 97-year-old woman and her 85-year-old sister, one of whom was using a wheelchair and the other of whom was pushing it, were trying to get on a bus about 4:30 p.m. April 12 at the Publix Shopping Center at 9886 Glades Road when the robbery occurred.
The PBSO said a man came from behind and grabbed the purse of one of the two women, and the women and the wheelchair fell over.

One of the women was hospitalized with two broken ribs.

Adam Bardisa's father turned him into police and the teen was arrested on charges of robbery and aggravated battery on an elderly person.
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Palm Tran on Wednesday released bus surveillance video that captured the mugging of two elderly sisters April 12 outside a Publix supermarket west of Boca Raton.

The video aboard the Palm Tran bus shows a robber on a Razor scooter snatch the purse of an 84-year-old victim who was pushing her 96-year-old sister in a wheelchair onto the bus. Both women are seen falling to the ground outside the store, 9886 Glades Road.

The video shows frantic passengers rush off the bus to help the two women as the bus driver calls police.
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Bardisa, of Boca Raton, was arrested Monday on charges of strong-arm robbery and aggravated battery on a person over 65.

He remains in the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.

Bardisa allegedly tailed the unsuspecting women on his scooter as they shopped, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Publix surveillance photos show him standing close behind the pair as they purchased money orders for $500 and $120 inside the supermarket, then following them to the bus stop.

People waiting for a Palm Tran bus with the sisters outside the store noticed the teen wheel back and forth on the scooter minutes before the robbery.

When the No. 91 bus arrived around 4:30 p.m., witnesses boarding ahead of the sisters heard their screams and saw the teen yanking a large brown purse attached to the wheelchair, shoving both sisters to the ground.

Witnesses ran after the scooter, the Sheriff's Office said, and the bus driver called 911.

The robber got away with $1,200 in cash, a $5,000 Patek Philippe watch and a $1,000 gold bracelet, according to a Sheriff's Office report. Two Medicare cards, two Social Security cards and a credit card were gone, too.

Bardisa allegedly escaped with an accomplice in a gold-colored, 4-door sedan, the Sheriff's Office said. Investigators have not announced the arrest of the accomplice.

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[Darsa]

Wow, you don't get much scumbaggier than that. Obviously he didn't get it from his dad...

[spifftastic]

You know your life sucks if you're 19 years old and out robbing elderly women.... on a goddamn scooter.... on camera....

[Killroy]

Boca Raton, FL - A Florida mother and father called police after seeing surveillance video showing their son robbing two elderly women boarding a bus. One of the women, who is 96 years old, suffered two broken ribs when her wheelchair fell during the incident.
In video recorded on April 12, a man identified as Adam Bardisa, 19, approaches the women – who are sisters – outside of a Publix store as they are waiting for a ramp to lower on a Palm Tran bus. The man then grabs a purse of one of the women, knocking them both to the ground before fleeing on his razor scooter.
Bystanders reportedly ran after Bardisa as he wheeled his scooter across the parking lot and jumped into a gold-colored car. Police said that he had gotten away with $1,200, a gold watch and a gold bracelet.*The women gave a description to detectives.
Palm Tran released several different angles of video from the bus. Bardisa is also seen in in-store video watching the*elderly*women at the service counter purchase $620 of money orders. Grrrr.*The owner of the purse, Hermena Perlmutter, 84, was treated for high blood pressure after the incident. Martha Muraskin, 96, suffered two broken ribs from the fall.…

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