Man arraigned on charges in purse snatching near Ann Arbor city hall
A 24-year-old Clawson man was arraigned on two charges in a purse snatching that occurred Thursday morning near Ann Arbor's city hall and police department.
Kyle Phillips
Courtesy of the WCSO
Kyle Phillips was charged with unarmed robbery and larceny from a person at a video arraignment Friday afternoon in the Washtenaw County Jail. Phillips was set to be released from the jail after receiving a $10,000 personal recognizance bond from Magistrate Thomas Truesdell.
Truesdell appointed an attorney for Phillips and also sent him to check in with community corrections.
"There are some allegations you have a substance abuse problem," Truesdell said.
"I absolutely do, sir," Phillips said.
Phillips told the magistrate he had never been convicted of a felony.
A preliminary examination was scheduled for Jan. 24.
Police say the man forcibly took a purse from an Ann Arbor city employee in the 300 block of East Huron Street as she was walking to the Municipal Center around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. The suspect then fled north on Division Street with the purse.
Phillips was arrested about a half hour after the employee went into the police station and gave officers a description of the suspect. A subsequent investigation resulted in the recovery of the woman's stolen property from four locations, police said.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Goodphotographer
Sat, Jan 19, 2013 : 10:49 p.m.
No sense in making the police have to travel too far. It would be great if all crime was within a block of the courthouse and police station. Wouldn't need as many speed traps or police cars.
Nicholas Urfe
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 10:46 p.m.
I would use the Monolith defense. Specifically, that the monolith made me do it, just like in the organgutan in the movie 2001.
Silly Sally
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 2:30 p.m.
Make him turn in his supplier for a reduced sentence, 4 years instead of 5
cornelius McDougenschniefferburgenstein jr. 3 esq.
Sun, Jan 13, 2013 : 1:06 a.m.
re @djm where should us "modestly endowed women"coceal there valubles?
Basic Bob
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 9:12 p.m.
Which supplier - the liquor store or the pharmacist?
djm12652
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 3:40 p.m.
And a good reason to be always aware of your surroundings and the behavior of those around you... I carry my ID, credit cards and cash in my front pant pocket or bra if no pockets...they can have my purse [although I will fight back if someone tries to grab my botega veneta] along with my make up bag, hair brush and other non-essentials...not that the make-up isn't essential...I just have more at home.
Silly Sally
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 2:32 p.m.
A good reason for women not to carry a concealed weapon in our purses
observer
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 11:42 a.m.
P.R. bond to do it again.....no was hurt, "this time."
Hemenway
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 4:59 a.m.
Released from jail?
Halter
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 2:30 a.m.
That is my new favorite quote...."I absolutely do, sir"
CynicA2
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 2:01 a.m.
Dumb move of the week!
Westfringe
Fri, Jan 11, 2013 : 11:32 p.m.
Substance abuse isn't an excuse, people need to pay for their crimes. Don't let him off easy
smokeblwr
Fri, Jan 11, 2013 : 11:04 p.m.
Clawson? Somebody from OUT OF TOWN arrives here to snatch our purses?!? What else could he have been up to?
smokeblwr
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 3:52 a.m.
Word.
Halter
Sat, Jan 12, 2013 : 2:29 a.m.
Hanging around campus...breaking into apartments...stealing laptops to sell for cash for crack...buying drugs around campus and Ypsi...visiting friends who live here who are doing the same...stalking a high school girlfriend who now lives here... Really? Who knows...but I bet Ypsi is involved in this in one way or another...