Man pushes woman in motorized cart to ground while snatching purse
A 66-year-old Ypsilanti Township woman was riding in a motorized cart near her apartment building Monday night when a man yanked her purse away, pushing her to the ground in the process, police said.
Deputies from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office were called to the apartment in the 1500 block of East Clark Road in Ypsilanti Township at 11:45 p.m. for the incident.
The woman said she was riding in the cart toward the main entrance of the building when a man came up to her side and grabbed her purse, the sheriff's office said in a press release.
The woman refused to let go of the purse, however.
"The suspect pulled numerous times, but the victim would not let go," the release stated. "Eventually the suspect pulled so hard that the purse broke free of the victim's grasp and she fell off her cart onto the ground."
The man then fled on foot with the purse. There are no suspects at this time. Police continue to investigate.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
mady
Wed, Sep 4, 2013 : 1:55 p.m.
Me O My, sure took guts to do that(stinging sarcasm)!!!!!
Paul
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 10:06 p.m.
I'm so old, I recall when thieves had some respect for the elderly.
motorcycleminer
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 8:27 p.m.
To bad she wasn't armed...
DJ Earl
Wed, Sep 4, 2013 : 2:20 a.m.
Dead people don't steal guns.
Paul
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 10:07 p.m.
Yeah, then the lowlife could had stole her gun as well.
John of Saline
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 8:41 p.m.
I know a wheelchair-bound woman who's armed. I picture her as a little tank.
TrappedinMI
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 7:55 p.m.
So sad. Pathetic. I hope the woman gets the help she needs to recover all her missing items.
Billy
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 7:44 p.m.
Blood boiling......
LaMusica
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 6:58 p.m.
Because it doesn't sound like she got seriously hurt, I'll say I'm glad she fought back. The robber probably targeted her bc he thought she would be an easy target.
treetowncartel
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 6:53 p.m.
Momma must be proud
WalkingJoe
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 6:23 p.m.
Hope they catch this piece or work. Wanted to call him something else. I mean it's bad enough when they do that to someone walking but somebody who needs a cart to get around. Really?
PhillyCheeseSteak
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 5:22 p.m.
How low can you go?
PhillyCheeseSteak
Wed, Sep 4, 2013 : 1:13 p.m.
Paul - you're right, that was way worse.
Paul
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 10:09 p.m.
A baby got shot in his stroller the other day in NYC...well U asked.
DJ Earl
Tue, Sep 3, 2013 : 5:40 p.m.
Apparently, there's no lower limit.