By George P. Hassett

A woman was attacked from behind and robbed as she walked down Wallace Street on Dec. 1, police said.

The woman was walking toward Leonard Street from Holland Street at 5:29 p.m. when she was attacked. The suspect forced her purse out of her arm and ran down the street, police said.

Police described the suspect as a light skinned black male, late teens to mid twenties, short hair, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and wearing white sneakers.