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Video Shows NYPD Officer on Horseback Chase Down Suspected Purse Snatcher
A witness helped the mounted officer recover the purse and arrest Felicia Field, 44, who faces grand larceny and false impersonation charges.
- On Wednesday morning, a New York City Police Department mounted officer and his horse, Kelly, chased and apprehended a purse snatcher near West 72nd Street and Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side.
- Police sources say the suspect, Felicia Field, was on lifetime parole after serving 25 years in prison for murder; Field has 14 prior arrests, including a fatal 2000 robbery of a Brooklyn livery driver.
- Body camera footage shows the officer galloping after Field until a good Samaritan stopped her behind a Verizon truck; with the witness's help, the officer recovered the stolen purse and placed the suspect under arrest.
- Field faces charges of grand larceny and false impersonation after allegedly providing a fake name; the NYPD stated, "Whether on foot or on hooves, our officers are always ready."
- The NYPD describes its mounted unit as an elite group and "effective crime deterrent"; these so-called "10-foot cops" have patrolled the city since 1858, operating in four out of five boroughs.
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This seems like a scene out of an old western movie. On Wednesday, an NYPD police officer on horseback caught a purse snatcher. The entire chase was caught on the officer’s body camera footage and shows the horse galloping several blocks before catching up to a man who snatched a woman’s purse. NBC New York filled in the details of the pursuit: There’s no horsing around with this NYPD officer. NBC New York cameras were on the Upper West Side for…
The officer's body camera video captures the moment he, along with his horse, gallops through the streets of the Upper West Side.
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