Black Woman Snatches Purse From 85 Year Old Woman In Wheelchair

An 86-year-old woman in a wheelchair whose purse was snatched by a woman outside a Bronx building over the weekend has some choice words for the thief. Ray Villeda reports. (Published Monday, Sept. 12, 2016) An 86-year-old woman in a wheelchair whose purse was snatched by a woman outside a Bronx building over the weekend has some choice words for the thief. "You need to get a J-O-B like I had to," the victim, Bernice Starnes, said during an interview with NBC 4 New York. NJ High School's Football Team Kneels During National Anthem The elderly woman was sitting in a wheelchair outside a building near East 179th Street and Marmion Avenue in Bronx Park South on Sunday afternoon when the woman struck. Video released by police shows the thief appearing to talk to the victim, known as Ms. B. She then snatches Starnes' purse and runs off with it.