Woman, 31, arrested in purse-snatching
BOARDMAN -- Police have arrested a 31-year-old Youngstown woman accused of snatching the purse of an elderly woman last week.
Danielle L. Short of Ohio Avenue is charged with robbery and is lodged in the Mahoning County Jail.
An 87-year-old Poland woman told police that she was loading groceries into her car about 9:30 a.m. April 12 in the parking lot of Giant Eagle on Doral Drive when a woman, later identified as Short, approached, offering to take the shopping cart.
Instead, she said, Short grabbed her purse and tried to run. The victim was dragged on the ground by the shoulder strap of the purse. The strap came off of her arm, and Short got into a car and left the area.