Two purse snatchings reported in Boardman

BOARDMAN — Police are investigating two purse snatchings reported at township businesses.

A 40-year-old woman told police she was at Rulli Brothers, South Avenue, about 2 p.m. Saturday, loading groceries into her car. A car drove by and the driver reached out through the car window and grabbed her purse. The straps of the purse were around her arms and the woman was dragged about 60 feet through the store’s parking lot.

When the woman lost her grip on the purse, the car left the lot onto Matthews Road.

On Sunday, a 64-year-old woman told police she was at Marc’s, Tiffany Boulevard, about 3:20 p.m., walking to her car when a dark colored car and a man reached out and pulled her purse from her arm. The car then left the lot, headed south on Tiffany.