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Washington Township Woman Dragged In Mugging
Victim Escapes With Just Bruises
POSTED: 2:24 pm EDT July 2,
2008
UPDATED: 6:17 pm EDT July 2,
2008
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. -- A shopping trip in Westmoreland County turned dangerous for one woman when she was dragged across the parking lot in a mugging.Patricia Mascarello, 65, said she was about to go grocery shopping at Hillcrest Shopping Center when she felt a bump as she walked in the parking lot.She said the suspects tugged a second time and got a hold of her purse.Police said the suspects, Terry Roth, 21, and Frank Gregus, 18, were in a car and wound up dragging Mascarello along the parking lot pavement before they took off with the purse.Witnesses alerted police, who tracked down the suspects in the woods behind a trailer.Roth and Gregus face robbery, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, theft and related charges.Mascarello said she is bruised on her arm and knee and has a black eye.
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