Charges of theft are being recommended by RCMP after a man allegedly, unsuccessfully, tried to steal an elderly Princeton woman鈥檚 purse just two days before Christmas.
According to Sgt. Rob Hughes police were called at 5 p.m. Dec. 23, by someone reporting a fight taking place at Save On Foods on Bridge Street.
It is believed two men were working together, when one distracted a 70-year-old shopper, and another grabbed her purse, which was in her grocery cart.
鈥淪he saw what he was doing and ran after him, and she yelled,鈥� said Hughes.
When police arrived the suspect 鈥渨as being detained by civilians鈥� in the store鈥檚 entry way .
Hughes said a 40-year-old man from Chilliwack was arrested and jailed, but later released.
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