Woman Injured In Castro Valley Purse Snatch

CASTRO VALLEY, CA — Four suspects are in custody and law enforcement officers are searching for a fifth after a snatch-and-grab robbery led to a police pursuit from Castro Valley to Oakland, according to an Alameda County sheriff's sergeant.

Deputies responded to a report around 3:15 p.m. of a snatch-and-grab robbery on Lake Chabot Road.

A group of five individuals tried to grab a woman's purse and she was injured in the ensuing altercation.
"She was an innocent victim targeted by this group to steal her property," Sgt. Ray Kelly said.

They fled the scene in a vehicle but were soon found in the vicinity of Fairmont Drive and Foothill Way. During the pursuit, deputies discovered that the suspect's black 2011 Subaru had allegedly been reported
stolen.

The suspects crashed that car at least twice - once in San Leandro and again in Oakland - where the vehicle pursuit ended in the vicinity of MacArthur Boulevard and 108th Avenue.

Four suspects were apprehended. A search was initiated for a possible 5th suspect but later called off.

— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock