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N’sider dragged down North
State Street for $150, purse
By ANTHONY WARREN
Sun Staff Writer
CRIMINALS left a
woman stunned and prostrate
in the middle of North
State Street, having been
dragged 100 yards by a car
following a late-night
purse-snatching in Fondren.
The robbers had grabbed
the woman’s purse as they
drove by her as she was
leaving a restaurant. She
was unable to release the
straps from her shoulder and
was dragged behind the car,
her legs simultaneously
bumping the wheel and the
pavement. Fortunately, the
road was recently paved and
the victim had no serious
injuries. A chain e-mail
report claimed the robbers
were laughing as they
dragged the woman up
North State Street. She was
able to free herself in front
of the old Precinct Four
building.
The victim’s husband confirmed
that his wife had
heard laughing. He declined
to comment to the Sun further
regarding the situation.
On Monday afternoon,
Jackson Police spokeswoman
Colendula Green
would neither confirm nor
deny that a suspect had been
named in the case.
Publisher Wyatt Emmerich
drove by the crime scene
business
notes
Derek W. Knepple, CPA
has joined Matthews
Cutrer and Lindsay, PA,
Certified Public
Accountants as a senior
accountant. Knepple completed
his bachelor’s degree
with an emphasis in banking
and noticed the woman
lying in the street. “I
assumed she was a pedestrian
who had been hit by a
car,” he said. “Several people
were attending to her.”
Emmerich had just left
Walker’s Drive-In with his
family. “I stopped and asked
if they needed someone to
call an ambulance, and they
said one had already been
called.”
The woman was taken to
the University of Mississippi
Medical Center, where she
was treated for minor
scrapes and bruises.
According to e-mails
obtained by the Sun, the victim
suffered no broken
bones and no head or face
injuries. “She did suffer
scrapes to her left shoulder,
back and hands. She was
wearing some tall leather
boots, which protected her
feet and legs during the
attack,” the e-mail stated.
The incident occurred
around 9:30 or 10 p.m. The
woman was released from
the hospital around 2:30 the
next morning.
The suspects got away
with the woman’s purse,
three credit cards and $150
in cash.
The couple is from
Ridgeland. The husband,
who was reached by telephone,
declined to com-
finance and managerial
finance from the University
of Mississippi. He also studied
at Lipscomb University.
He has worked in public
accounting and commercial
lending and will focus his
practice on auditing and
forensic accounting.
ment.
Babalu is located on the
east side of the Duling
School development.
Watts said the couple had
just walked out of the
restaurant when two unidentified
black males pulled up
beside her, and the driver
grabbed the woman’s purse
and attempted to drive off.
“The woman still had her
arm in the purse when the
suspect grabbed it,” Watts
said.
The driver was described
as a black male with a light
complexion and wearing a
multicolored shirt. The passenger
was also a black
male, but no further details
were available. Watts said
video surveillance obtained
from the scene provided little
information as well.
Video shows a light in
color vehicle similar to a
Saturn. Watts said detectives
were unable to make out a
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BILL LATHAM, coowner
of Babalu, said he’s
beefing up security as a
result of the incident. He’s
also contacted the victim,
and said she is “doing OK
under the circumstances,”
and was “in unbelievably
good spirits.”
Latham said the restaurant
has a well-lit parking lot, as
well as a security guard on
duty during business hours.
Cameras also blanket the
inside and outside of the
Latin American eatery.
The security guard was
apparently inside during the
December 11 incident.
“We’ll make sure the security
guard is parked so he
can see everyone when they
leave the restaurant and
walk to their cars,” he said.
“I can assure you, we’re on
top of this.”
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