COLUMBUS (Tom Bosco) -- A West Columbus woman said she's happy police have caught a man accused of waiting for her to come out of a Georgesville Road store, snatching her purse and throwing her to the ground. Kay Hill, 78, was not hurt seriously in the crime last month but worried for her life.
"He could have killed me," Hill said.
Police arrested James Caldwell, 34. Police said the theft at the Dollar General store was not his first. Investigators said they had surveillance tape from a Subway restaurant showing him robbing the clerk behind the counter.
Caldwell is charged with misdemeanor theft for the crime against Hill.
"They should hang him," Hill said with a laugh. "But I know they won't."
