A man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him from a similar assault, police said Thursday. The Aug. 14 mugging of Lillian France was the latest in a spate of assaults in Brooklyn this summer in which a man attacked and robbed victims from behind in stairwells, elevators and lobbies. At least five, including France, were choked. Cornelius Abson, 36, was arrested on robbery charges Wednesday in the attack on France and four others involving victims in their late 60s and 70s. Abson made statements implicating himself in the robbery of France, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. Abson was living at a halfway house in Brooklyn and was in a work-release program in Manhattan after being released from prison...
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