Elderly Woman Left Critical After The Mugging

Elderly NYC Couple Viciously Attacked, Robbed Of $18

Son Saves The Day But Only After Getting Beaten Up, Too

January 26, 2011 5:48 PM

Joseph Naimo, 81 and son Rocco , with black eye and stitches, after being beaten and mugged (Photo/Juliet Papa)

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS/CBS 2/AP) – Police on Staten Island are looking for a man and woman robbery team that viciously attacked an elderly couple as they were entering their home on Sunday night.

As CBS 2’s John Slattery reports from the Tompkinsville section is the borough, it was the victims’ son who put an end to the beatings.

Joseph Naimo tells 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa that if his son hadn’t stepped in the attackers would’ve killed him and his wife

Joseph Naimo, 81, and his son, Rocco, were recovering Wednesday night from the beatings they received. Joseph’s wife, however, took the worst of the attack.

“They beat her up bad. They beat her up bad. They beat her up very bad,” Joseph said.

Elderly NYC Couple Viciously Attacked, Robbed Of $18

Variety Store and residence of the Naimos who were mugged for $18 (Photo/Juliet Papa)

Linda Naimo, 74, is hospitalized with a broken nose, broken jaw and fractured skull, police told Police told 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa.

Joseph Naimo, who had celebrated his birthday earlier in the day, suffered only cuts and bruises, but his 49-year-old son was visibly hurt, at the hands of the male and female robbery duo, suffering a gash above his left eye, which was also blackened.

The incident happened outside the building they own on Victory Boulevard, where they’ve operated a variety store for 40 years. They’d just closed the store and were entering the door to their apartment up above, when suddenly they were attacked from behind.

“The male kept on punching us, never stopped,” Joseph Naimo told 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa. “Then when he stopped he just kept on saying, ‘Give me the money.’

“So, I took out a wallet with business cards and he reached in my pocket and took out $18,” he said.

Their son, who was upstairs, heard screaming, ran down and attempted to fight off the two intruders.

“I tried to get involved and tried to stop it. They started beating me up,” Rocco Naimo said. “They punched me continuously and hurt me.”

As for the two thugs who ran off, there were only vague descriptions. Joseph described the female assailant as “short and a little plump,” and that she wore a fur-trimmed hoody. The man was said to be around 6-feet tall.

“He’s an animal. That’s all I have to say. If it wasn’t for my son, I think he would have killed the two of us, for nothing,” Joseph Naimo said.

A police source told Slattery detectives have very little to go on, which is why they’re asking anyone who may know anything, to come forward.

Linda Naimo is being treated in an intensive care unit, in critical condition.

There is a $ 12,000 dollar reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspects.

If you have any information about this incident, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. Callers may remain anonymous.

Does this story annoy you to know end? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Raymond uk

Well I am not too sure about the recent attacks being talked about but Mexico is more of a problem.. Then the Middle East you seem to have got yourselves into a war forever
That’s your next and biggest fight is Mexico.. And your politicians seem to be against you, and the use of your guns to protect yourselves,
In the states I think you need them guns… Your law enforcers are either not doing their job or not allowed to do their job but you do have a big problem with Mexico..
Devenio

Another group of idiots respond to the race bait. I wish you all could be locked in a room and be made to beat the hell out of each other. You have no
Firesword

Only a certain segment of the population have problems with shooting and killing each other and others on a daily basis in almost every American city. every once in a while a white or Asian will flip out and do it but for the OTHER segment it is a every day occurrence.Who’s the fool?

Jonnyreb

Yup. It’s the same group. From now on, anytime a crime like this occurs we should just round up the nearest hundred of them and execute the summarily. No trial is necessary – they’re all guilty of something, and deserve swift, decisive and permanent punishment.

IrishEyesAreBlue

MARY … YOU’RE MY KIND OF WOMAN! Sometimes we have to fight fire – with fire!!! I can almost see the flames!
IrishEyesAreBlue

GET A LICENSE TO CARRY … AND DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT!!
not surprised

Stay classy, Mary.
Art Vecruielle

If only they had put up a NO BEAT DOWN SIGN. The no smoking sign worked.

bobby shlong

bet your last dollar that the peps were hip hop savages..
the hip hop nation needs to be exterminated
KarenO

LOL

rek

When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
Mike

SEGREGATION WORKS! DAVID DUKE FOR PRESIDENT!!

not surprised

Stay classy, Mike.
BeeBobs

Do hip hop schvoogs know just how much white society wants the savages exterminated ?

peanut

Not a very good description of the attackers. Would could start with skin color! How about it?

IrishEyesAreBlue

they ALL LOOK ALIKE!

johns

the hell with gun permits. the police can’t protect us! i carry my gun whereever i go . lucky i have’nt had to use it. do’nt feel saft carry your gun!!
guest

Where is Al Sharpton when you need him?
raymond uk

We have just had a young girl aged 16year old educated white she kicked to death a 60 something year old man because she thought he was gay?
Her defense she was drunk her boyfriend got 6 years she got seven years she will be out in 3,5 years start a new life and that will be the end of it..
So how much more if with give people the right to carry guns..
It would be a case of I think you a gay or a Muslim and bang bang..Defense I was on drugs or I was drunk.. He /she looked at me in a funny way…
At least in the state you get long term jail here in the UK it’s a slap on the wrist or an asbo…it’s sad but I believe in capital punishment, and bigger prisons with life meaning life in prison, no getting life and coming out of prison after 10 years .
But that’s the uk weak laws and to many do-gooders

Paul Smith

delusional

Al

That’s right Tiger. Jews run the world. You are powerless to only complain. All your failures are the fault of The Joooos. Stay classy.

John Smith

Well, in the West they control the media and the banking system, which is a pretty good start. In the words of the great Henry Adams: We are in the hands of the jews.

hogtrashhd

Now we all know if they were white it would have been reported… LOUDLY.. and of course it would be the crazy right wingers (or Sarah Palin and the Tea Party people).. so it’s safe to say it wasn’t white people who did this especially not white christians..
Mark

This is just another sad example of what goes wrong when your government denies the natural right of self defense. Mayor Bloomberg who is surrounded by armed security and the NYPD who have a fear of their citizenry choose who may be armed in New York. Why is it that actor Al Pacino, singer Marc Anthony, and others who are financially and socially connected have permits to carry handguns for self defense issued by the NYPD yet the average hard working citizens do not and cannot obtain them? The good people of New York should be asking these questions and more. Thoughts and prayers to the victims of this senseless crime.
JMWinPR

NYC………… Everyone knows this was caused by hate speech from Bob Grant and Sean Hannity.
We need the fairness doctrine. They should also wear buttons with the phrase “increase the peace.” Rev Al will be weighing in shortly stating how troubled he is.
My prayers to this family and hope they recover.

Tom

Do you even listen to Sean Hannity, fool? He does not get involved with hate speech.

And by advocating the fairness doctrine…. you’re advocating censorship, you damned fool.

John Smith

You can’t tell JMWinPR was being sarcastic? How could he not be? Come on, dude.

John Galt

Why not throw in George Bush too. Oh what the heck, it is all the Tea Parties fault. Can we not include Ronald Reagan?

Howard Roark

I wonder how many people writing comments know who John Galt is?

DesertVet

This is not the 1800′s or early sixties, and as we have seen time and time again no one is above getting their, tales whipped. What happened to these to people is disgusting; however, that being said the klan is still around and just murdered an 8 year old boy and hung a man in Mississippi.

The klan is only going to end up victims themselves, besides these savages that you speak of have plenty of experience gunning each other down how much does the klan have in 2011?

Besides I’s suggest you start taking the threat form Mexico much more seriously.
mary

we need a jew filter

David Zuckerman

You need a brain.

BalkanDeputy

“Why ca ca ca can’t we all just get along?” Rodney King

You gotta wonder if the Muslims ever take over New York with the blessings of good liberals… what it will be like under Sharia Law. What these clowns have their hands cut off?
BalkanDeputy

Funny they don’t say what color the perpetrators are?

Marc Jeric

Yes – what race the attackers? Why not sat it? Political correctness??

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