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Elderly woman fends off robber with reacher

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By 6abc
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - September 24, 2008

That's one of those gadgets with a claw-like device used grab things.

Officers in Anne Arundel County say a man broke into a home shared by two elderly women.

He demanded money, but they said they did have any.

According to police, as the man started to go through a purse, one of the women grabbed the reacher.

Officers say she used it to chase him off, but he got away with a handbag.

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