Authorities arrest purse-snatch suspect
PORT CHARLOTTE — Thanks to a tip from a resident, Charlotte County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Port Charlotte man who knocked down an 81-year-old woman and attempted to steal her purse Friday.
Thomas John Frankenberger IV, 20, of the 2000 block Hariet St., Port Charlotte, was arrested on robbery by sudden snatching and violation of probation in a Lee County case, according to a sheriff’s release.