Man arrested in Kingswod over serial handbag snatching from elederly, pregnant women POLICE have arrested an alleged violent and serial handbag snatcher who was targeting elderly and pregnant women in inner metropolitan suburbs over the past fortnight. The Unley Park man, 40, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of six handbag thefts at suburbs, including Unley, Burnside and North Adelaide since January 21. In the first case, a Kensington Park woman, 79, was dragged from her car and had her handbag snatched at Unley last Monday. The next in the series of thefts was not until Monday, when three women were targeted on the same day. Firstly, a pregnant Greenhill woman, 36, was pushed to the ground and had her purse snatched from her. Two North Adelaide women, aged 70 and 81, also had their purses snatched from them at North Adelaide on Monday. On Tuesday, an Urrbrae woman, 68, had her purse snatched from her while walking through a department store car park at Unley. The sixth robbery occurred yesterday when a St Georges woman, 83, was dragged to the ground as a man pulled her handbag from her shoulder. Public help led police to Kingswood where they arrested the man about 12.10pm yesterday. He was charged with three counts of aggravated robbery, one count of robbery, two counts of theft and with providing a false name. The man appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today.