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2 charged after allegedly stealing woman’s purse

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) – Two Lafayette men are formally charged in a robbery investigation.

24-Hour News 8’s sister station, WLFI reported over the weekend that Stacey Cooper and Ronald Collins III were arrested for taking a woman’s purse in West Lafayette.

West Lafayette police said the woman flagged them down early Sunday morning near the 500 block of North Salisbury Street to report the incident.

Cooper and Collins were both charged with robbery and theft.