Saturday, March 20, 2010
Suspected Purse Snatchers Arrested
WEST VIRGINIA....
Twenty-four year old Esta Blackburn and 50 year old Ronald Ray McComas, both of Huntington, were arraigned in Cabell (cab'-el) County Magistrate Court Friday evening after police determined they committed three unarmed robberies involving elderly women who had their purses snatched from them. Two previous incidents occurred in the 600 block of Roby Road and the 900 block of 14th Street in Huntington. Friday a third incident occurred around 4:00 P.M. at Gabriel Brothers on US Route 60. Blackburn and McComas are charged with three counts each of second degree robbery.
Twenty-four year old Esta Blackburn and 50 year old Ronald Ray McComas, both of Huntington, were arraigned in Cabell (cab'-el) County Magistrate Court Friday evening after police determined they committed three unarmed robberies involving elderly women who had their purses snatched from them. Two previous incidents occurred in the 600 block of Roby Road and the 900 block of 14th Street in Huntington. Friday a third incident occurred around 4:00 P.M. at Gabriel Brothers on US Route 60. Blackburn and McComas are charged with three counts each of second degree robbery.
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