Woman, 91, teaches purse snatcher a lesson

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- She's 91 and uses a hearing aid and eyeglasses, but Katherine Woodworth wasn't about to let somebody steal her purse.

Woodworth clobbered the would-be thief with her bag until he ran away, police said.

"I didn't have my hearing aid in, and I thought he said that he was going to take my pulse," Woodworth said. "Then he said it again, that he was going to take my purse, and I said, 'No, you're not.'"

She fought off the man in a department store parking lot Saturday afternoon, authorities said.






Police arrested a 20-year-old suspect and charged him with robbery, felony theft, assault, aggravated menacing, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sgt. Tim Hanus said women of Woodworth's age shouldn't try to fight attackers. Woodworth said she didn't think her age was much of a factor.

"I'll be 92 in August and I guess I've got more nerve now than when I was younger," she said.


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I'm gonna check your pulse.

Brave old lady

Well done to her, I say.

Heck yeah you go girl

Damn that poor shmuck got it old school!

Go girl show em who's the boss.

Haha. That is the way to teach would be robbers. That shows him that not all elderly are feeble and frail. I like how she thought that he said he was going to take her pulse at first. Great lady.

She said Hell No!

Good for her! I hope I'm that gutsy when I'm older.

Ha, I bet that guy feels like a complete moron now... he got whipped by a 91 year old. Man, I hope the court drops a good size rock on him for a punishment. What kind of person steals from the elderly?

That's awseome. Good job to her

WooHoo, what an awesome lady, she should be patrolling the streets looking for hoodlums!

Hopefully the criminal gets a good punishment, stealing from the elderly is just disgusting.

That's what I was thinking.. Laughing my ass off that a 20 year-old man got beat up by a little old lady!

Yay, go grandma.

"Sgt. Tim Hanus said women of Woodworth's age shouldn't try to fight attackers. Woodworth said she didn't think her age was much of a factor."

I love her response! That woman's got spunk!!

Muggers should be shot

Go lady!

I think it is wonderful that she was able to defend herself and her property from this wanna be thug. I can't help but wonder though, if she had had a gun and if she had used it would she be in jail? Or if she had hurt this, I hesitate to use the word man, would she be held liable? With the current state of affairs concerning protection of yourself and your property I would not have been shocked if somehow she would have been either charged with a crime or sued in civil court if the attacker had been injured or killed. I for one would have given her a medal if she had killed this clown. I would love to be the one to spread the story in jail so that his fellow prisoners know exactly why and how he got caught. Now that would be giving him his just rewards.

Way to go Grandma!!!!! I'll bet that young man is thinking twice about snatching his next purse after having his ass handed to him by a 91 year old women. What loser!

you go grandma

Was her name Emily Latella?


'Never Mind'

Go granny go...

Oh glad to hear that the ladies ok and hah serves that robber right!