.... on my way to looking up my Granny's phone #. I dropped my Treo 600 phone and it knocked all the user data out of it.
Anyhoo, I did a local e-search to get her phone # and was surprised that this article came up first in my Google search.
It is true and is my dear frail Granny:
Woman, 84, gives chase after robber snatches purse
By JAMES H. BURNETT III
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Last Updated: Feb. 21, 2001
When a robber snatched Sylvia Bembenek's purse while she was sitting in her garage, the 84-year-old woman didn't take the matter sitting down.
Instead, Bembenek threw her car into gear and gave chase, police said.
Although she didn't catch the purse snatcher, police said, Bembenek did get close enough to get the license plate number of the car the suspect jumped into before he sped off.
Moments later, Bembenek reported the incident and the license plate number to the police.
When a reporter went to Bembenek's apartment in the 4200 block of N. 104th St. Wednesday afternoon to talk about Tuesday's incident, she declined to comment.
However, Bembenek's swift actions spoke for themselves.
Police said the car was soon traced to a woman on Milwaukee's north side, and through investigation, they determined that the woman's boyfriend was the likely driver of the car around the time of the robbery.
Later Tuesday, the suspect inexplicably entered the 7th District police station, 3626 W. Fond du Lac Ave., and asked why police were inquiring about his girlfriend's car, police said.
The 33-year-old man was immediately arrested on several unrelated arrest warrants.
It was unclear Wednesday why those warrants had been issued, but a check of Milwaukee County Circuit Court records showed that the man has at least three prior criminal convictions for false imprisonment, violating a domestic abuse no-contact injunction and disorderly conduct.
He now could face a charge of robbery accusing him of the purse snatching, police said.
Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Feb. 22, 2001.
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Paul Harvey rest of the story:
The article does not mention that Granny is a frail seeming small woman but also how she hung onto the purse thru the car window before chase ensued. It took a 3 tug heave for the guy to get the purse from Granny's hand.
With a wrenched shoulder she leaped from the car giving chase. She chased this guy over snow banks and thru a yard. She hit glare ice on the sidewalk coming over the last berm causing her to break pursuit...but she got the plate #.
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That remembrance makes me wonder the experience of the guy who picked out the most isolated, weak old person to rob. That's gotta be a low point for any soul. But then to have the weakest creature he can find to tap not only fight back but give chase.
Namaste,
Michael
