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A man who tried to steal the purse of a 92-year-old woman Thursday afternoon in west Wichita ended up in the hospital with a fractured skull, police said. The woman had just exited the Dillons grocery store at Central and West at about 4 p.m. Thursday when a 51-year-old man came up to her in the parking lot and grabbed her purse, Lt. Doug Nolte said. She resisted the robbery attempt and began screaming, alerting others in the parking lot. The man knocked the woman down, but she still wouldn’t let go of her purse and he dragged her for...

Christines guilty of robbery, acquitted of kidnapping By LANDON HALL The Associated Press 5/10/02 10:54 PM ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon couple accused of taking their children from state workers at gunpoint were found guilty Friday of robbery, custodial interference and unlawful use of a motor vehicle. The Douglas County jury found Brian and Ruth Christine innocent of kidnapping. The Christines, both 29, face minimum prison sentences of 7½ years on the robbery charges. Brian Christine will face an additional five years for pointing a gun at child welfare workers last August to take his three daughters -- Bethany,...