Article: Grandma's purse.

Article: Teen in Woman's Wig Takes Grandma's Purse
AP Online;  June 6, 2006 ;     274 words ... ... snatched a 71-year-old grandmother's purse in a Titusville mall, police said. Dotty ... woman came from nowhere and grabbed her purse. A 16-year-old old boy has been charged ... and hopping on his bicycle. Stella's purse was returned to her. Copyright 2006 ...

Article: Great-Grandma, 83, Foils Purse Snatcher
AP Online;  March 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and had none to give him, he grabbed her purse. But I had it wrapped around my wrist ... her hand. Both of them kept hold of the purse, and he pulled her to the ground and dragged ... said, 'Why didn't you just give (the purse) up?' Garcia said. 'Hell no,' I ...

Article: Grandma fights off would-be purse snatcher; Quincy ...
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  December 30, 2004 ;     474 words ... ... Patriot Ledger BRAINTREE - A would-be purse snatcher got more than he bargained for ... wasn't going to let this man take her purse," Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins said. "She was determined not to be a victim of a purse snatcher." Jenkins said the woman's ...

Article: A grandma with a pistol in her ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  August 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... if they knew she had a loaded gun in her purse. The .38 caliber revolver lives next ... and shoot her attacker right through the purse. They'll never even know she had it ... But even if it means carefully hiding her purse every time she gets home and being extra ...

Article: THUGS ROB GRANDMA OF MUCH MORE THAN HER ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and robbed by three thugs who stole her purse - and something more: her sense of security ... up, and tried to wrest away the black purse on her right shoulder. They pulled so ... guys tore the phone away. They took her purse - containing a bus card and little else ...

Article: Grandma sends conman packing; ANGRY PENSIONER HIT BOGUS ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  February 22, 2000 ;     473 words ... ... in the lounge, he managed to steal two purses but the suspicious OAP swore at him and ... with her wooden stick. Luckily, the purses contained some plastic hair clips, a ... in North Villiers Street and stole her purse. In that incident a man said he was a ...

Article: Woman gets 60 days in jail for stealing from ...
Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL);  April 6, 2006 ;     665 words ... ... Chris Paschenko Apr. 6--Great-grandma's purse contained no cash, but snatching ... I looked behind the chair for my purse, and it was not there," Brazier ... boyfriend enter her car with the purse, but was too afraid to return it ...