SOUTH EL MONTE — A man attacked a woman and robbed her of her purse Friday in South El Monte, authorities said.
The robbery was reported about 7:30 p.m. near Peck Road and Durfee Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Roberta Granek.
A robber, described as a Latino man in his 20s, struck the woman in the head with an unknown object and fled with her purse, the sergeant said.
The woman refused hospitalization, Granek added.