Officials said on Oct. 17, after coming from the gym, 94-year-old Jennie Pringle was in line at a Rite Aid pharmacy in Germantown when Boyd tried to “wrestle” her purse out of her hands, according to a Nov. 12 news conference held by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.

A young man faces charges for robbing and assaulting a 94-year-old woman at a Philadelphia Rite Aid, dragging her across the floor during the attack.

An elderly woman was waiting for medicine when officials say she became the victim of a robbery, and now the suspect has been charged.

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office’s Elder Justice Unit (EJU) announced charges against a man accused of robbing an elderly woman in a pharmacy in the city’s Germantown neighborhood last month.

Janhyi Boyd, 20, allegedly dragged the senior across the floor of a Rite Aid store as he escaped with her purse.