Darleene Barrientos
While most people took the weekend off for Labor Day, some criminals
were apparently working overtime.
Two Los Angeles men are scheduled to be arraigned today after they
allegedly tried to wrestle a woman's purse away from her. Lafayette
Gene Sherman, 20, and Justin Curtis Allen, 19, were arrested Saturday
on suspicion of robbery after a witness saw them attacking a
60-year-old Glendale woman who was walking in the 1100 block of South
Adams Street, according to police reports.
The men were unsuccessful in taking the woman's purse, police
said. The woman suffered a 3-inch scratch down her right arm in the
skirmish.
The witness wrote down the vehicle's license-plate number and gave
it to police.
Sherman was being held Tuesday on $50,000 bail, while Allen was
held without bail, according to jail records.
In another report, a Glendale man riding his bike in the 1500
block of Orange Grove Avenue reported Monday a man allegedly punched
him several times, while his female companion talked about stealing
his wallet. Although the couple wrestled with the man for his bike,
none of his property was stolen, police said.
A Los Angeles woman reported Sunday two men pushed her down near
the corner of Central Avenue and Windsor Road and stole her purse,
which contained $25 in cash, several food stamps and her passport.
Anyone with information about any of these incidents can make an
anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 507-7867.
