The 86-year-old Bernice Starnes was sitting in her wheelchair in front of her apartment building in the Bronx, US when she got mugged.
Adrianne Terry thought that an elderly woman in a wheelchair must be the perfect victim. Why would she not steal from a defenseless person?
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The 37-year-old Adrianne can be seen in surveillance footage tripping restlessly next to her victim before executing the robbery.
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She suddenly turned and snatched Bernice's pocketbook, dashing away in plain sight. Footage from another camera revealed her later dumping the pocketbook after she had taken all the valuables.
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How the cowardly assailant thought she'd get away with her petty crime is a baffling question. Police released a photo of the woman and she was not long after caught and handcuffed.
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It is said that Adrianne did manage to come away with $100 and a bank card but nothing was ever retrieved.
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The 86-year-old showed very little compassion for her robber as is clear in the video below. It sounds like Bernice would have loved to step toe-to-toe with her evil-doer, if only she were a little younger still.
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