Purse snatcher pursued by school children; captured by cop

A purse snatcher who thought a Belize City teacher was an easy target could not have been further off the mark. This afternoon Tricia Reneau, a teacher of Calvary Temple School was on her way back to work when as she got near to the Salvador Habet Store a man identified as forty-seven year old Honduran national Luis Saquaira, grabbed Reneau’s purse and tried to run off with the bag. Reneau’s students saw what happened and without hesitating, more than twenty boys and girls set chase after the thief. The commotion was brought to the attention of P.C. Felix Martinez who was driving his employer, no other than Justice Troadio Gonzalez. Martinez then joined the pursuit and caught up with Saquaira. We spoke with the police officer this afternoon and he told us how the capture went.

P.C. Felix Martinez, Arrested Purse Snatcher
?The informant informed me?showed me the suspect at the corner of Mosul Street and Cemetery Road. Thereby, I parked the vehicle on the side and came out and ran after the suspect and apprehended him while he was trying to escape.?

?No, her belongings were no recovered, so we went and tried to recover it at the area that he showed me where he said he dropped it.?

The purse could not be found. While Saquaira has denied he attacked the teacher, her students positively identified him as the purse snatcher. P.C. Martinez promptly arrested Saquaira and turned him over to police. Reneau told police there was no money in the bag, but she did lose her cell phone and keys. Anyone who finds the items is asked to please return them to her at Cavalry Temple School.