Bal Harbour Shops Purse Thief Falls From Second Story Trying to Escape

By Kyle Munzenrieder Mon., Aug. 6 2012 at 1:46 PM

A woman who attempted to snatch a purse this weekend at the ritzy Bal Harbour Shops ended up falling from the mall's second story while trying to escape. The victim, who had $20,000 in cash in the purse, had attempted to chase after the would-be burglar.

According to WSVN, the incident happened Saturday. The victims were tourists and chased after the purse thief, but the woman ended up falling.

The unidentified suspect was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital and is listed in critical condition.

The purse and the $20,000 it contained were returned.

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Viv Ian

drug money..only thing that comes to mind :/

Tony Miller

You'd be amazed @ how many brazillionaires there are walking around aventura and bal harbour malls with that kind of cash on them. I'm surprised there aren't more incidents like this

Douglas W. Bush

Answer: Someone who shops at Bal Harbour Shops.

Fabiana Polack

Stupid scumbag thief. Well deserved.

drakemallard topcommenter

Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they've lost all incentive because we've given them too much money."

Bernardo Perez

Sorry.. I forgot to deposit my pocket change ;)

Donnie Donnie

too much money to carry around

Kim Shulman

I guess that sudden stop helped.

Jp Midtown

haters u all

Aurelio Cuervo

Anyone who shops at Bal Harbour Shops is rich... just look at many of the cars that are parked in Valet.

Street Art

A rich stupid tourist

James Arguelles

Lil Wayne !

Joselito Carnaval

lmmfao...wuta dumb bitch, airliftd aftr fallin from 2nd story hahahhaha seriously?!

Alexander Fernandez

NT never ceases to amaze. Who the eff cares why someone was carrying $20k? Oh, that's right, they're presumably wealthy and that doesn't go over well with the Obama minions.