Victim tries to hold on in purse-snatching

SANTA FE - A 50-yearold Pojoaque woman told police that a “heavy set” man grabbed her purse while she was loading groceries at the DeVargas Center Saturday afternoon and she had to let go of the purse out of fear of being dragged by the suspect’s car.

According to a Santa Fe police report, the woman had just finished shopping at the Sprouts Farmers Market at the DeVargas Center when she heard someone nearby, the robber pushed her to the ground and he rabbed her purse from the back of her car.

The woman said she hung on to the handle of the purse as the suspect went to his car, which she said was parked directly behind her. She said she was hanging halfway out of his silver four-door sedan before she let go because she was scared he was going to drive away and drag her.