Rose saves 77-year-old disabled woman at ATM

In the parlance of the cops, he’s the lowest of the low.

Toronto Police have arrested a 42-year-old Toronto resident, after a 77-year-old disabled woman who uses an electric scooter to stay mobile was robbed.

Investigators say it happened on Tuesday morning in the Front and Jarvis area when the victim was taking out money from an A.T.M.

As she concentrated on finishing her transaction, a man appeared from behind her and grabbed her cash and credit cards.

But the feisty senior refused to give them up easily, struggling with her assailant to keep hold of her possessions.

That’s when cops allege this already disgusting crime got even nastier. They say the robber pushed the woman and her scooter over, leaving her lying on the cold ground, as he made his escape.

But he didn’t get far.

An alert citizen and some cops in the area saw him on the run and tracked him down, with the desperate desperado allegedly assaulting a police officer in the process of being arrested.

Fortunately, this story has at least a partial happy ending – despite her frightening experience, the victim suffered only minor bumps and bruises and got all her money back.

Larry MacKenzie of Toronto is charged with robbery and assault. He has a date with a judge in College Park Courts on Wednesday.

--Rose is the alert citizen.