Young Man in Kroger Sees Man Snatch 87-Yr-Old Lady’s Purse and Run, Gives Chase, Tackles Him, and Is Hailed a Hero

(Illustration - Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock); Inset: Courtesy of Butler County Sheriff’s Office

At a Kroger in Lemon Township, Ohio, dad Deshawn Pressley, 27, with his 1-year-old daughter, was having a pleasant conversation with elderly neighbor Pat Goins, 87, just moments before the mugging occurred.

While Goins was in the checkout, a male assailant swiped her purse and took off—not just to her own dismay but also to that of concerned bystanders, who ran after the thief.