Man wanted in purse snatching that severely injured 76-year-old arrested in Pa.

BALLSTON SPA — Joseph Hess, the man wanted for severely injuring a 76-year-old woman during an alleged purse-snatching last week in a McDonald’s parking lot, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Pennsylvania.

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said U.S. Marshals took Hess into custody around 6:30 a.m. at a hotel in Tinicum Township, an area just south of Philadelphia near the city’s airport. He is awaiting extradition at a jail in Delaware County, Pa., the sheriff’s office said.

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