Wal-Mart purse-snatching suspect due in court
A man accused of snatching the purse of a sleeping elderly woman in the Roxboro Wal-Mart last month is due in court Monday morning.
Posted — UpdatedRoxboro police arrested Kenneth Lamont Vaughan, 42, of 1913 Morehead Ave. in Durham, after he was identified from security video from the store. In the video, a man is seen leaning over a sleeping Queen Walters, 76, looking around and then taking her purse.
Walters had been using a scooter to shop at the store, at 1049 Durham Road, when she became groggy from medication she was taking.
The thief made off with her keys, credit card, license, a significant amount of cash and medication.
Vaughan is charged with felony larceny from a person and was being held in the Person County jail on $1 million secured bond.
He is scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. in District Court in Wake County.
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