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Home care worker guilty in Russell and Brandon purse thefts
A former home care worker, identified as Smith, admitted to three purse snatchings in Brandon and faced convictions tied to Russell area robberies. Police linked her to entering unlocked homes using a hidden key and targeting elderly residents. She cited cocaine addiction as motive and received eight and a half months time served plus a year in jail and two years probation.
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