Purse Snatcher Gets 20 Years
A man who police estimated snatched 1,000 purses a year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
District Judge John Mendoza sentenced Willie Ormond, 34, of Las Vegas to the maximum 10 years in prison Thursday on a grand larceny charge. He ordered that the sentence run consecutive to another 10-year term imposed a day earlier by District Judge Robert Rose in another grand larceny case.
Officers estimate Ormond stole more than 1,000 purses a year at casinos. “According to a reliable informant, Willie averages three to four purse snatches a night, five nights a week,” Metro Police Lt. Steve Raeder said.
Ormond’s arrest sheet shows 58 felony and 88 misdemeanor arrests. Police said he has spent more than 6 1/2 years in prison on 36 previous convictions.
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