A woman walking to her third-floor apartment at the Cortland Ridglea Apartments was attacked Saturday night when a man grabbed for her purse, but she held on and sprayed him with pepper spray before he fled on foot. The attempted purse-snatching happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of Dominy Lane, and police are now asking the public for help identifying the suspect.
According to Fort Worth Police
, the suspect is described only as a young Hispanic male who ran off after the woman fought back. Anyone with information is urged to call the department’s tip line at 817-392-4377 rather than reply online. The incident has been logged under two report numbers, 260067433 and 260057376, tying it to an earlier case at the same complex.
Suspect Matches Description From Earlier Incident
Police say the man who attacked the resident Saturday matches the description of a suspect who succeeded in taking a purse from another woman at the same complex on July 31 — a gap of just over five weeks between the two reported incidents. That earlier theft was completed, while Saturday’s attempt was thwarted when the victim refused to let go and used pepper spray to drive the suspect off…