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Sunday, December 28, 2014
'Don't mess with the seniors!: Armed convicted felon, 45, ' is beaten down by group of senior citizens after trying to steal a 68-year-old woman's purse
Florida – A man allegedly tried to grab an elderly woman’s purse and got a beat down by her senior friends instead.
Armed robber Larry Kent Jr., 45, attempting to nab the purse of a 68-year-old woman outside of a Chinese Food restaurant in Winter Haven, Florida got tackled to the ground by the woman’s geriatric friends aged 73 and 66.
‘Mr. Kent is spending his Christmas, and we can only hope many, many, more behind bars,’ Jamie Brown with the Winter Haven Police Department told Fox.
The old woman, who has not been named, refused to let the robber take advantage of her and steal her purse.
Two of the woman’s friends helped pin Kent to the ground before the police arrived to put the alleged thief in the slammer. More Strange News