SOUTH OZONE PARK — A Bronx man has been arrested and charged in the robbery of an 88-year-old Queens man who left Resorts World Casino last month with $1,000 in winnings and wound up in the hospital, the DA said.
District Attorney Richard Brown said Gregory Hillman, 57, of the Bronx, allegedly watched the man count out his $1,000 in winnings in Resorts World Oct. 31, followed him onto a shuttle bus, the E train, in and out of a supermarket, onto the Q47 bus and near the victim’s East Elmhurst home, where he then attacked the man and ran off with the $1,000 and his wallet. An eyewitness confirmed the victim’s account of being grabbed from behind, struggling and then shoved to the ground, where he hit his head, blacked out and went to the hospital for treatment of contusions, welts and scratches, the DA said.
“The defendant is accused of stalking his victim for more than an hour and a half and over a distance of more than 10 miles while at the same time boarding and exiting several modes of transportation before pouncing and robbing the man,” Brown said in a statement. “However, there were electronic eyes throughout the city that allegedly recorded the defendant’s movements. He now faces the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence.”
Prosecutors were not immediately aware of who was representing Hillman.
He has been charged with robbery, assault and grand larceny, prosecutors said.
Brown said Hillman faces up to 15 years behind bars, if convicted.
