A purse-snatching suspect who police say lied about his identity but was identified through his ankle monitor was arrested on Savannah’s southside Monday.
Police say Tyrhee Lamon Edwards, 17, of the 2500 block of Oak Forest Drive, was pursued and detained by witnesses after he stole a purse from a 50-year-old woman at Wal-Mart on Montgomery Crossroad just before noon Monday.
Edwards gave a false name to responding officers and was uncooperative, said Savannah-Chatham police spokesman Julian Miller. A trace on the monitor Edwards was wearing, however, led police to his probation officers, who identified him.
Edwards has been charged with robbery by sudden snatching.