Witness Thwarts Purse Snatcher
Annapolis police said a man dropped a stolen purse after a witness spotted him rummaging through its contents.
A man who shoved a woman to the ground and stole her purse was followed by a motorist as he fled scene, and dropped the purse when he realized he had been spotted. The purse snatching happened in the unit block of Conduit Street on Saturday afternoon, according to Annapolis police. The victim told officers that she parked her car on Cathedral Street around 5 p.m. She was walking toward her boyfriend's home on Conduit Street when a man ran up behind her. He reportedly grabbed her purse with one hand and pushed her to the ground with the other. Another woman, who was driving along Conduit Street, noticed the man running with the purse and told police she thought it was suspicious. She followed him in her vehicle to the end of Revel Street by…
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Janet Norman
3:40 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
Thanks to the good Samaritan who followed the thief! Nice news to hear, for a change... more ›