Woman is left bloodied and bruised in mugging in Argentina after her hair gets caught in motorcycle tire while her attacker tries to make a getaway
- Gonzalo Federico Sandoval was arrested Monday for attempting to mug Celia Chaparro in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Chaparro’s hair was stuck to Sandoval’s scooter when he tried to escape
- Neighbors heard the 46-year-old woman’s cries and came to her aid, freeing her from the motorbike’s rear tire by cutting some of her hair
- Authorities apprehended the 23-year-old man at his home without incident
A mugger was arrested in Argentina after he attempted to speed off on his scooter while the victim’s hair was caught in the rear tire.
Gonzalo Federico Sandoval, 23, intercepted Celia Chaparro while she was walking back to her home after grocery shopping in the Buenos Aires municipality of Loma Hermosa on Monday afternoon.
The 46-year-old woman, who was carrying a shopping bag in each hand, fell and landed on her back as she tussled with her attacker.
Sandoval remained seated on his motorbike and pushed it forward towards Chaparro and tried reaching for her purse.
Celia Chaparro was on her way home in the Buenos Aires municipality of Loma Hermosa on Monday when a man aboard a scooter blocked her path and tried to mug her. During the robbery attempt, Chaparro fell to the ground and her hair was stuck to the back tire of the motorbike
Gonzalo Federico Sandoval pushes his moped down the street while dragging Celia Chaparro
Gonzalo Federico Sandoval was promptly arrested at his home without incident after police investigators investigate the registration tags on his abandoned scooter
Unable to wrest the bag away from Chaparro, Sandoval pressed the accelerator and then got off the scooter and ran down the street with it while dragging Chaparro for several feet.
He struggled to with the woman, kicking and hitting her on the head and shoulder before tossing the purse away.
A part of Celia Chaparro’s remained stuck to the bike after neighbor’s cut it in order to free her
Celia Chaparro (right) said she suffered a nervous breakdown when the neighbors cut her hair while a piece of it was stuck to the rear tire of the moped. She told Argentine network Todo Noticias, ‘I didn’t want them to cut the hair. It wasn’t a lot. But at that moment I was crying from the nerves because my hair was going to be cut,
The commotion drew the attention of her neighbors, including one man who ran to Chaparro’s aid and appeared to land a punch on Sandoval’s head, which sent him running.
The Good Samaritans were able to free Chaparro by cutting the hair that was caught in the tire.
‘I didn’t want them to cut the hair,’ Chaparro told Argentine television network Todo Noticias. ‘It wasn’t a lot. But at that moment I was crying from the nerves because my hair was going to be cut.’
After investigating the abandoned scooter’s motor vehicle tags, the police was able to track Sandoval’s residence address, where they apprehended him with out incident.
Celia Chaparro suffered several bruises, including on her shoulder, as was hospitalized briefly Monday as a precaution