EXCLUSIVE: Great-grandma uses cane to save elderly neighbor from violent purse snatching in Oakland

OAKLAND, California — A cane-wielding great-grandmother saved one other senior citizen from getting robbed in broad daylight in Oakland, California.

Ring video from 76-year-old Miss Faye’s residence reveals her operating out her entrance door on the afternoon of Oct. 12.

Miss Faye had noticed a car she thought was a rideshare driver cruising down the road. That is when she says a younger man got here out of the sedan and attacked her aged neighbor, who can be in her late 70s. She knew she needed to bounce into motion.

Within the video you may hear her yelling for her German shepherd Troy to come back out and assist. Since Troy was within the yard, Miss Faye ran out along with her cane to cease the attacker who was grabbing her neighbor’s purse. She even used her cane to hit the automotive a number of instances, which led to the suspect dropping the purse.

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“If my knees weren’t hurting me, I feel I’d have been on the market a bit sooner,” she laughed.

When requested if she was scared to intervene, Miss Faye stated not one bit.

“I by no means considered it. Worry by no means crossed my thoughts, trigger I am loopy I suppose,” she stated laughing. “I do not know. It is simply one thing that is in my nature. I do issues, and it would not hassle me till a pair hours later. That is how I’ve at all times been.”

Legislation enforcement by no means encourages folks to intrude with against the law in progress, so Miss Faye is grateful as a result of this case might have been a lot worse.

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She shared phrases of recommendation for a extra harmonious neighborhood.

“Simply attempt to be neighborly. Be careful to your neighbors and environment, even to your private self, as a result of so many issues have been taking place recently. Not simply in Oakland, however all around the world. Simply pay attention to your environment. That is all I’ve to say about that,” she stated.

Miss Faye stated her neighbors have been calling her a hero and bringing her pies and different meals to indicate their thanks. In accordance with her, the sufferer on this crime is a bit bruised however is doing OK.

Oakland police stated that is an energetic investigation and asks anybody with data to come back ahead.