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Purse Snatching

Purse-snatching latest crime in multi-year Meyerland surge: Data

  • Sep 9, 2025

Video shows woman chases down failed backpack bandits

  • Aug 16, 2024

Woman robbed while placing child into car at Woodlands Mall

  • Jun 6, 2024

Woman accused of theft at cemetery suspected in up to 11 other cases

  • Apr 10, 2024

Woman allegedly spent $500 after stealing from mom at daughter's grave

  • Apr 9, 2024

Grieving mom's purse stolen while she cleaned daughter's grave

  • Apr 5, 2024

Man steals woman's purse moments after jail release, docs state

  • Mar 23, 2024

Woman robbed by purse snatchers in broad daylight attack in N. Houston

  • Nov 8, 2023

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Purse-snatching latest crime in multi-year Meyerland surge, data shows

  • Sep 9, 2025
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Woman chases down failed backpack bandits, video shows

  • Aug 16, 2024
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Surveillance video captures 2 men wanted in purse snatching incident at north Houston gas station

  • Nov 7, 2023
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79- and 84-year-old targeted in purse snatching caught on video in SW Houston, HPD says

  • Aug 31, 2023
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Woman gets purse stolen after being followed off Metro bus: HPD

  • Jul 28, 2023
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Local assistant principal accused of bringing cocaine to her school

  • Mar 8, 2023
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Video shows purse snatcher pull gun on woman in Alief, HPD says

  • Mar 8, 2023
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HPD looking for man accused of snatching 74-year-old woman's purse in SW Houston parking lot

  • Mar 2, 2023

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79- and 84-year-old targeted in purse snatching caught on video in SW Houston, HPD says

Surveillance video shows one of the suspects forcibly grabbing the woman's purse, causing her to fall to the ground before later using her credit cards.

  • Aug 31, 2023

HPD looking for suspect accused of following woman off METRO and robbing her

The woman told police that the suspect, who was riding the same bus as her, followed her as she got off and approached her while armed.

  • Jul 28, 2023

HPD releases video showing suspect snatching woman's purse from passenger side door

The woman said she was about to get out of her car when an unknown man opened the passenger door and forcibly grabbed her purse from her arm.

  • Jul 12, 2023

Video shows thief pull gun on woman who tried to stop him from stealing her purse, HPD says

The woman was filling up a jug at a water station on Bissonnet when a car pulled up next to hers, video shows. She tried to stop the suspect, but he was armed.

  • Mar 8, 2023

HPD looking for man accused of snatching 74-year-old woman's purse in SW Houston parking lot

The man is accused of snatching the woman's purse in broad daylight outside a shopping center, and police need your help finding him.

  • Mar 2, 2023