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Bystander defends purse-snatch victim.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)

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| February 02, 2009 | Scholl, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2009 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

After an unidentified woman exited a bus near the Fashion Square Mall and paused at an ATM to check her account balance, she was accosted by would-be purse-snatchers, who likely expected some easy cash from a woman doing some December 23 pre-Christmas shopping. According to WESH TV in Orlando, Florida, one of the men ended up hospitalized and arrested instead, while his accomplices are on the run from the police.

"She felt people come up to her, maybe one, maybe two," Sgt. Barb Jones of the Orlando police department said. "They tried to grab her purse.... She resisted. She started yelling, that's when everything ...

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