'I did what I had to do:' Man honored for stopping Butler County purse thief

'I did what I had to do:' Man honored for stopping Butler County purse thief

BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - The young man who stopped a suspected thief from getting away with an elderly woman's purse was honored by the Butler County Sheriff's Office. He was presented with a Citizen's Award. Deshawn Pressley was shopping at the Lemon Township Kroger on Dec. 5. He'd chatted with 87-year-old Patricia Goins about his one-year-old daughter shortly before the incident. He was one aisle over when he heard her scream for help. Pre…

Good Samaritan honored for stopping thief at Butler County Kroger

It’s not the ending a would-be robber hopes for, lying face down in a grocery store parking lot after snatching a woman's purse — but that's the exact situation the Butler County Sheriff's Office said Derek Vaughn found himself in at the Lemon Township Kroger.Deshawn Pressley was honored Thursday after the sheriff's office said he chased down and subdued Vaughn after he grabbed 87-year-old Patricia Goins' purse.Goins said she and Pressley briefl…