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Cops: Woman tried to take victim's handbag

Published: February 15, 2012 11:23 PM
By NICHOLAS SPANGLER  nicholas.spangler@newsday.com

A Glen Cove woman pushed an elderly woman to the ground and tried to steal her handbag Wednesday, Nassau detectives said.

Police charged Irene Halloran, 48, with attempted robbery in the 1:38 p.m. incident at the Edgewood Motel on Jericho Turnpike in Jericho.

The 79-year-old victim, whom police did not name, never relinquished her bag, police said, and she suffered minor injuries to...

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