Teens accused of taking
purse of woman, 85

Philadelphia police last week nabbed a teenage couple after they allegedly mugged an 85-year-old woman on Frankford Avenue in Mayfair.
According to Lt. Mark Burgmann of Northeast Detectives, Alicia Cedotal, 19, of the 4000 block of G St. in Juniata Park, approached the woman on the sidewalk at Frankford and Cottman avenues, snatched her purse and jumped into a waiting car driven by Derell Myers, 19, of the 4300 block of Loring St. in Holmesburg.
The suspects fled southbound, but police officers spotted the car four blocks away on the 6900 block of Frankford Ave. and arrested them. Both were charged with robbery and related offenses. ••