Editorials

Purse snatching victim dragged  

Early Sunday morning a 47-year-old woman was walking home from church on Emerson Street when a dark colored car pulled alongside her. Two teenage girls emerged from the car and began to follow her. The woman turned to face the girls and asked what they were doing, when one of the girls tried to grab the older woman’s purse, according to police.  

The woman struggled to keep her purse. The two girls knocked her into the street where they kicked her. A car pulled up and the two girls jumped in. The driver began to drive away, dragging the victim for about 10 feet before she finally released the purse. The victim suffered from swelling on her hand but refused medical attention. The two girls were described as 16 to 18 years old and were wearing dark clothing.  

Dog kicked on Shattuck 

On Sunday night a woman walking her dog on the 1600 block of Shattuck Avenue stepped under an overhang to get out of a burst of rain. She noticed a homeless man in a sleeping bag.  

The man rose from the ground and approached the woman saying that he couldn’t have the dog urinating in the sleeping area. The dog then approached the man, wagging her tail, and the man kicked the dog in the ribs, according to the police report. The woman called police and the man was arrested and held on a charge of cruelty to animals. Bail was set at $5,000.