MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Months after a shopper at an East Memphis grocery store was hurt trying to fight off a purse snatcher , an arrest has been made in the case.
Police said Marquisha Burrow, 25, was captured on camera inside the Superlo Foods on Spottswood during the robbery and a short time later at City Gear using the victim’s credit card.
Burrow was booked in the Shelby County Jail Thursday for robbery, theft of property, identity theft, fraudulent use of a credit card, and forgery.
Suspects accused of stealing woman’s purse in Superlo Foods
The victim, who didn’t want to be identified, said she was shopping at the Superlo when she noticed Burrow and a teenage girl following her. She said the teen ran toward her and grabbed her purse, which was strapped into the baby seat on her shopping cart.
“She and I fought over it. Finally, the strap broke, and it was caught in my finger and ripped my finger open. I couldn’t get it out. I was running through the parking lot with that purse strap attached to my finger.”