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I drive by this shelter a few times of night on route. I saw the squad car parked in it and the officers talking to the woman, with her red purse torn open and officers inspecting the scene. I wish I'd have driven up when this was going on.
I drive by this shelter a few times of night on route. I saw the squad car parked in it and the officers talking to the woman, with her red purse torn open and officers inspecting the scene. I wish I'd have driven up when this was going on.
A 64-year-old woman waiting for a bus Tuesday night on University Avenue was dragged out of the bus shelter by a mugger as she tried to hang on to her purse, Madison police reported.
Witnesses said the mugger told the victim who was yelling for help, to "yell all you want," police said.
The incident happened at about 10 p.m. Tuesday in the 3600 block of University Avenue.
The victim had just finished her shift at a grocery store and was waiting for a Metro Transit bus when the mugger came up and started pulling on the strap of her purse.
"She tried to hang on to the purse and was dragged out of the bus shelter where she had been sitting," said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.
The purse strap broke in the ensuing tug-of-war between the mugger and the victim, with the contents of the purse spilling out onto the pavement.
"The thug snapped up a few bills and fled with the cash," DeSpain said.
A witness saw the scuffle while pulling out of a parking lot, and tried to follow the suspect as the suspect ran behind a bank into a grassy area.
"He was unsuccessful in his pursuit but he gave responding officers a good description of the thief," DeSpain said.
The woman suffered some cuts during the mugging, police said.
The suspect was described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s, 6 feet tall, bald, with very little facial hair, wearing a dark-colored shirt with numbers on the front and back, possibly a 15 or a 45, and dark-colored pants.
Witnesses said the mugger told the victim who was yelling for help, to "yell all you want," police said.
The incident happened at about 10 p.m. Tuesday in the 3600 block of University Avenue.
The victim had just finished her shift at a grocery store and was waiting for a Metro Transit bus when the mugger came up and started pulling on the strap of her purse.
"She tried to hang on to the purse and was dragged out of the bus shelter where she had been sitting," said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.
The purse strap broke in the ensuing tug-of-war between the mugger and the victim, with the contents of the purse spilling out onto the pavement.
"The thug snapped up a few bills and fled with the cash," DeSpain said.
A witness saw the scuffle while pulling out of a parking lot, and tried to follow the suspect as the suspect ran behind a bank into a grassy area.
"He was unsuccessful in his pursuit but he gave responding officers a good description of the thief," DeSpain said.
The woman suffered some cuts during the mugging, police said.
The suspect was described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s, 6 feet tall, bald, with very little facial hair, wearing a dark-colored shirt with numbers on the front and back, possibly a 15 or a 45, and dark-colored pants.
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