Teen nabbed for purse-snatching
Published 11:10 am Friday, February 10, 2012
A Vicksburg teen accused of snatching a woman’s purse led police on a foot chase Thursday before his arrest, police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.
The 14-year-old is being charged as a juvenile and is at the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center, he said.
The boy took off running as an officer questioned him shortly before noon Thursday in the 1100 block of First North Street. The teen was caught in the 900 block of Farmer Street, Stewart said.
On Wednesday afternoon, a teen knocked a woman to the ground in the 900 block of Clay Street and stole her purse, but a witness was able to snatch it back and return it to the woman, Stewart said. The woman was not injured.