Woman Charged In Purse Snatching
88-Year-Old Woman Robbed In Wal-Mart Parking Lot
POSTED: Monday, June 22, 2009
UPDATED: 7:58 am EDT June 23, 2009
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Police have identified a woman they say snatched an elderly woman's purse.
Kissimmee police issued an arrest warrant for Johnicia Albury, 19, Monday afternoon.
Police said Albury is the woman seen in surveillance tape stealing an 88-year-old woman's purse in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart on June 16.
Albury is currently being held in the Orange County Jail on unrelated charges. In Kissimmee, she is charged with robbery by sudden snatching and aggravated battery on a person older than 65. The charge holds a bond of $125,000.
Kissimmee police also issued warrants for Lovetta and Cynthia Teague, who police said were also involved in the crime.
Kissimmee detectives said they connected all three women to a string of purse snatchings throughout Central Florida.
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