Maryland Heights purse snatch victims fight back

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) -- It looks like a couple of suburban St. Louis purse snatchers picked the wrong women to attack.

The victims fought back -- with a snow shovel.

Police in Maryland Heights are releasing details of the incident that happened Sunday outside a Schnucks grocery store. The women were unloading groceries when the thieves tried to steal two purses from their cart.

One of the women grabbed a shovel from the suspects' pickup and smacked one of the men upside the head. The other woman jumped into the cab and attacked the other suspect, then grabbed the keys so he couldn't drive away.

Police tracked the men to a hotel. The man struck with the shovel required staples to close the gash in his head.

Both are jailed and charged with robbery.

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