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Follow-Home Robber Wanted In Hermosa Beach

HERMOSA BEACH (CBS) — Police are on the lookout for a man they say robbed an elderly woman after she withdrew money from an ATM machine.

Hermosa Beach police have released a composite sketch of the man they believe followed a woman home after she withdrew $400 from her Citibank ATM at 81 Pier Avenue late Christmas Eve.

The suspect assaulted the woman and fled with her purse.

The suspect was described a stocky black man about 25 to 35 years old, between 5-foot-11 and 6-foot-1. The victim described him as clean shaven with short black hair.

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