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The quick-thinking of an employee of a local grocery store helped police arrest a Louisiana man who snatched an elderly woman’s purse from her car Sunday night.

Caleb Taylor told police he saw 33-year-old Jason A. Murray, of Spearsville, La., reach into a vehicle at the fuel station at Brookshire’s, 1432 N. West Ave., and then run west, toward First Financial Bank.

Taylor said he chased Murray, tackled him, and apprehended him near the bank’s ATM.

Murray reportedly told Taylor, “I’m done,” after Taylor tackled him.

A witness told pol...