On April 25, 1985, appellant and codefendant Anthony Strickland accosted 61-year-old Dora Steward from behind as she was exiting a subway station. They pushed her down and forcibly stole her shoulder bag. As the perpetrators fled, a firefighter on a nearby fire truck saw them and heard Ms. Steward scream that they had taken her bag. The firefighter jumped off the truck and pursued the two. When he caught up with them, they were "rummaging" through the bag.
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