[kellyhound]

A mother and her daughter were walking up a flight of stairs in San Jose, California, on May 6 when a man came up behind them — grabbing the woman’s purse and violently dragging them back to ground level.

Police searched the area for witnesses and clues on May 6 around noon when officers responded to the reported purse snatching, San Jose police said.
That’s how they discovered video surveillance footage that captured the robbery, as well as catching the fact that the suspected attacker had left in a black four-door Lexus, police said.

The description of the vehicle and robber combined with the way the robber operated pointed to Pablo Cabrera Jr., a 26-year-old San Jose man, as the suspect.

“All of Cabrera’s victims were Asian females carrying expensive purses,” police said. “Cabrera attacked victims from behind, grabbed their purse, and ran to his car.”

Police arrested Cabrera on May 11 at his San Jose home and found more evidence there tying him to the multiple crimes, the department said.

He was booked at the Santa Clara County Jail on robbery charges and a parole violation charge, which was related to previous burglary charges.