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Huntington woman, 78, helps nab purse snatcher in E. Northport

Suspect had just stolen her daughter's pocketbook, police say

"Stop, thief!"

To hear Doris Henion tell it Wednesday, the decision to chase down the man who police say had just stolen her daughter's purse in a East Northport parking lot seemed like a logical choice.

"I decided I am going to see where he goes, so I followed him," said Henion, 78, of Huntington.

Her daughter Susan Jannace, 49, of Elwood, said she was sitting in her car Tuesday...

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