Posted at: 03/13/2008 06:18:11 PM
Updated at: 03/13/2008 07:33:05 PM
By: Ray Seva KOB-TV, and Joshua Panas KOB.com
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KOB.com - Granny fights off purse snatcher
A Santa Fe great-grandmother showed a purse snatcher who's boss when she fought a man off at at a gas station.
Police said 20-year-old Angelo Trujillo tried to snatch 83-year-old Bernie Garcia’s purse as she pumped gas at the Smith’s on Cerrillos Road.
Garcia said when Trujillo grabbed her arm, she grabbed the gas nozzle and started squirting him with gasoline.
Police said Trujillo still dragged Garcia several yards before giving up because Garcia simply wouldn’t let go of her purse.
But Garcia said she doesn’t regret putting up a fight.
"I'll fight again. If I have the strength that I had last night, I would fight them again," she said.
Garcia said she did suffer a few bumps and bruises, but otherwise she said she is okay.
Trujillo and two other men who were in the car with him were arrested 10 miles away from the gas station.
