Pair nabbed in purse snatching

BOARDMAN — Police and members of the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force arrested two people in connection with an Aug. 2 purse snatching outside of a U.S. Route 224 eatery.

Steven M. Filimon, 21, of Bentley Avenue, Youngstown, is charged with robbery and Amanda Leskey, 18, of Coitsville-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, is charged with complicity to robbery.

Both were arrested Wednesday at Filimon’s home. Both were lodged in the Mahoning County Jail.

On Aug. 2, a Virginia woman told police that a man grabbed her purse and fled as she was leaving the Olive Garden. The man jumped into a car that left the parking lot. A witness obtained the car’s license plate which was registered to Leskey.