Pregnant woman fends off mugger, gives birth on same day
Posted: September 17, 2014 - 1:28pm

FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- Police in Flint, Michigan, say a woman gave birth just hours after she and her family captured a purse snatcher in a grocery store parking lot. The Flint Police Department says the woman was putting groceries in her car Tuesday on the city's east side when an unarmed man grabbed her purse. Police say she ran after him, and he pushed her down. Two bystanders then grabbed the man and retrieved the woman's purse. The woman's family held him until police arrived. The suspect tried to fight the family off, but they were able to hold him until police arrived, according to police. The woman delivered her baby shortly after on Tuesday, the Flint Journal reported Officers arrested 30-year-old Mark Newton. He was arraigned on one count of unarmed robbery and ordered held on $8,000 bond.