Woman mugged in cancer center elevator

Derby (WTNH) - The search is on for suspects in a brazen mugging. An elderly couple was held up inside an elevator at a cancer center near Derby's Griffin Hospital Tuesday morning.

The attack on an elderly couple in an elevator of the outpatient building at Griffin Hospital Cancer Center is unnerving to patients and visitors.

"They were in their 80's, they didn't have a chance and that's probably what he was waiting for, you know, older people that can't defend themselves," Kathleen Komlos said.

The building is across the street from the main hospital. The 82-year-old woman was bringing her husband, who uses a cane, to a physical therapy appointment. They were alone with the thief in the elevator.

"I do take the elevator up. You know, it's kind of scary to think soembody would do that in that building," Carol Uleano, of Derby, said.

The victim did not want to speak on camera but did tell News Channel 8's Erin Cox her story. She says the mugging happened fast she was knocked down and bumped her head. She asy
The thief grabbed her purse and got away with $100.

A hospital spokesperson tells me there are no surveillance cameras in or around the cancer center. He says security officers make rounds, dividing their time by patroling both the outpatient building and the main hospital.

"I think they have pretty good security, you can only do so much," Komlos said.

"I have doctors there, so it's getting kind of scary. I guess I think they need some more security," Uleano said.