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Matthew Boban (Credit: Will County Sheriff)

Alleged Mugger Crashes Stolen Car Into Semi On I-80

Police say a Joliet man mugged two elderly women in different grocery stores before crashing a stolen car into a semi-truck on Saturday.

2013/05/21

Steven Elmo Hatfield (Credit: Evanston Police)

Woman Chases, Catches Purse Snatcher In Evanston

Never try to separate a woman from her designer purse. A north suburban woman chased and caught a man who snatched her $2,600 Louis Vuitton purse through her vehicle window as she waited in line for a car wash in Evanston on Monday.

2013/04/02

Jose Rodriguez (Credit: Chicago Police Department)

Good Samaritans Tackle Purse Snatcher in Lincoln Park

Two Good Samaritans tackled a man who allegedly robbed a woman’s purse Saturday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

2013/01/07

Richard D. Mendoza, 31, allegedly beat a woman before stealing her purse. (Chicago Police Department)

$500K Bond For Alleged Purse Snatcher Chased Down By Witnesses

Bond was set at $500,000 Saturday for a man charged with felony robbery after he allegedly attacked a woman and stole her purse in the River North neighborhood Friday morning — but not before he knocked her to the ground and kicking her. He was taken into custody by police after two witnesses chased him down.

CBS Chicago–2012/11/24

Bicycle (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Bicyclist Who Chased Woman’s Attacker: ‘I Had To Do It’

A bicyclist chased and tackled an alleged purse-snatcher because he was upset the man had targeted a 75-year-old woman.

2012/03/11

iPhone Theft

Victim: iPhone ‘Tracker’ Did Its Job, But Police Did Not

A Chicago woman was walking home when a purse snatcher grabbed her and pulled her body down the sidewalk.

CBS 2–2011/05/18

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