The late Wednesday morning pursuit began when the victim reported the theft, according to multiple reports. The officer — whose name has not been released — and his horse quickly took up the chase that was captured on his bodycam and also by a television news crew that happened to be in the area for an unrelated story. During the pursuit, the officer repeatedly screamed at the suspect to stop running, but she refused while denying she had taken the purse.
The brief hoof chase went along sidewalks, under scaffolding, between parked cars and across streets before the woman was stopped by a pedestrian and then detained by the officer. No injuries were reported in the chase. The woman was charged with larceny and providing false information.
Authorities said she had been convicted of murder in the April 2000 fatal shooting of a cab driver and had served time in prison before being released. She is currently on lifetime parole. The names of the suspect, victim, and police officer involved remain unknown, as does the identity of the television news crew and the unrelated story they were covering.