10 People Swoop In, Save 76-Year-Old From Purse Snatcher

Good Samaritans still exist in this world. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has the proof on video.

That agency made an arrest Wednesday after 10 people in an Orlando Winn-Dixie store stopped what they were doing to rush to the aid of a 76-year-old woman who had been targeted by a purse snatcher.

The crime happened around 3 p.m. at the 7580 University Blvd. grocery store. A man on a bicycle approached the woman, snatched her purse and attempted a wheeled getaway.

He didn’t get away, however.

The 10 witnesses chased the man down and held him until deputies arrived on the scene, the agency reported on its YouTube page.

Deputies arrested John Zachary DesJardin, 23, on attempted robbery and battery on a person 65 years of age or older charges. He also violated probation during the snatching attempt, Orange County Jail records indicate.

DesJardin was being held without bond on the violation charge Friday morning.

Photo Credit: John Zachary DesJardin/Orange County Jail

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