Update: One Suspect Arrested In Purse Snatching That Was Caught On Video
A Crime Stopper's tip led to the arrest of Javier Duenas, age 19, a man charged with aggravated robbery. Last week, we posted a blog entry that contained a video of a man that was attempting to pull a purse out of the hands of a woman. The man on the video ended up dragging the woman across the parking lot.
He was arrested and will now be facing
aggravated robbery charges. These are very serious charges and will result in Mr. Duenas facing
first degree charges. The woman that that was a party to the robbery will also face aggravated robbery charges. In Texas, the law of parties states that every individual who actively participated in a crime is responsible for the sum total of the crime. That is, if a gang of robbers robs a gas station and one person commits
murder during the robbery, all members of that gang will be held responsible for that murder.