Victim assaulted after having wallet stolen from his home

Ithaca, New York – The Ithaca Police Department and Bangs Ambulance responded to an address on Thurston Avenue in the city around 2:45 a.m. for a reported robbery.

According to police, a male victim reported that an unknown male suspect stole his wallet and plate of cookies off a table inside a residence. When the victim attempted to get his property back from the suspect, two other unknown suspects began punching him in the head.

Later, the three males fled the scene with the property. The victim was transported to Cayuga Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries.

The suspects were described as males in their 20s, wearing a ski mask and black jacket, police said.

An investigation is ongoing, according to police. IPD asks anyone with information that might help investigators to call at 607-272-3245.