Man snatches necklace off woman's neck during string of Orange County robberies

Sunday, June 6, 2021
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- This story may make you clutch your pearls.

A man is custody after a series of necklace robberies in Fountain Valley.
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Surveillance video shows a man snatch a necklace off the neck of an elderly woman.

Police say 56-year old Larry Tripp was arrested after confessing to three necklace robberies that started last month.

Some of the victims suffered minor injuries.
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Tripp was booked into Orange County jail on three counts of robbery and elder abuse.

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