Woman Recognizes Man Who Stole Her Purse As Former Schoolmate

  • Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Jeffrey Pines
Jeffrey Pines

A woman said she recognized a man who took her purse at knifepoint as a former schoolmate.

Jeffrey Pines, 50, was charged with aggravated robbery.

The woman said she had gone to Foust Street to pick up her daughter. She was going through the trunk of her car when she heard someone come up behind her. She then got in the vehicle.

She said a black male opened her front passenger door and grabbed her purse. She got hold of it also and they fought over it. However, she yielded when the man displayed a knife.

The woman said the robber took $840 in cash from her wallet that was in the purse.

She, who said she also knows Pines from living in the area, picked him out of a photo lineup.

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