The women,72 and 102, were physically unharmed
TOMS RIVER -- Police are searching for a man who made off with a telephone during an attempt to rob an occupied Dock Street home Monday night.
Police said the man, described as 5'8", white and wearing a ski mask, tried to enter the home while a 72-year-old woman and her 102-year-old mother were inside. A "brief struggle" ensued before the man ran off on Water Street with the phone, police said. Police were called around 8:40 p.m.
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The women did not appear to have suffered physical harm, police also said.
A K-9 unit was called out in an attempt to find the suspect but he remained at large Monday night.
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