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Harriet Sweger, Pennsylvania woman, robbed twice in same day, police say

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(CBS/AP) MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania woman who had her checkbook stolen also had her purse swiped as she went to the police station to report the crime, police said.

Harriet Sweger, 72, said she was first robbed by a woman who bumped into her and grabbed her checkbook at a grocery store.

The McKees Rocks woman says she was driving to a police station when she stopped to ask for directions and had a man reach into her car and grab her purse

Police said they now have a suspect in the purse snatching but didn't release a name.

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