Cops: Pregnant woman gets the best of assailant

phillynews.com ^ | 07/19/11 | Phillip Lucas

[DFG]

When career criminal Vaughn Matthews decided to snatch a woman's purse and run from a stopped El train last Wednesday, he perhaps thought Lindsay O'Brien - who is nearly three months' pregnant - would be an easy target.

But the attempted robbery quickly turned into a street fight, and it was the criminal who ended up on the ground in agony, according to police.

O'Brien, 28, was on a westbound train at 63rd and Market Street about 1:30 p.m. when Matthews, 42, punched her in the forehead, grabbed her bag - which contained her laptop - and ran from the car, down a stairwell and onto the street below the station, police said.

[DFG]

Great job Lindsay!

[SnuffaBolshevik]

Wonder if the crook is any relation to Chrissy Matthews?

Both are Philadelphians.

[boomop1]

WE pay to repair his leg so he can terrorize again.

[soycd]

While I am pleased the perp got busted and she took him down, I am disappointed she did not throat kick him a few times to hopefully
end his future days of beating up on women. Some people need removed from society and the revolving doors of justice ain’t geting it done.

[Vendome]

Hope she gave him a good pop.

Thanks for keeping us abreast.

[SueRae]

And she did it after he broke her wrist. I’d like to learn that kick. Good job Lindsay.

I used to ride the El when I worked in town. The early afternnon was the worst time, becuase school was getting out and the youts are like feral animals at times.

Summertime is bringing out the worst in peple..I’m thankful I don’t have to make that commute these days..

[campaignPete R-CT]

the O’Brien ladies in my family were tough cookies.

[MaryFromMichigan]

She broke his leg in 2 places.
He'll need 2 surgeries.

:)

[wac3rd]

Video of Lindsay...

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/07/18/exclusive-pregnant-delaware-county-woman-breaks-attackers-leg/

[OneVike]

(Lindsay O'Brien)

It should be incumbent upon the poster to offer pics of those the articles are about.

"Ten weeks pregnant, Lindsay O’Brien says she never thought twice about racing out of her Market Frankford El Train car at the 63rd St. Station last Wednesday when an alleged thief tried to steal her purse."

[Venturer]

Yup !Guess who pays for the surgery on his leg?

Put his creep in jail and it’s like old home week.

He has been there before, has friends there possibly relatives. It’s a walk in the park for him.

3 hots and a cot.

[wac3rd]

Holder’s people...again.

[wac3rd]

The maggot feral criminal punched her in the stomach.

He needed his Cro-Magnon skull cracked, not his tibia.

He needs a hate crime, attempted murder and robbery, plus aggrevated assault.

Kicked his dumb felonious a$$.

[OneVike]

The maggot feral criminal punched her in the stomach.
He needed his Cro-Magnon skull cracked, not his tibia.
He needs a hate crime, attempted murder and robbery, plus aggrevated assault.

I am awaiting Obama's administration to accuse her of interfering with a legal medical procedure,, ie.. Abortion..

Especially if we find out that this Mathews guy is a member of a protected race. Which begs the question, why can we not find a picture of him?

[MsLady]

WOW that is so cool. His leg will never heal right, age broken in two places. Betcha they will have to put a steal plate in his leg to hold the tibia together. And I pray her baby will be alright.

[OneVike]

I spoke to soon. he is from a protected class.

[MaryFromMichigan]

There is a picture of the perp in the video linked on post 9.

Good video, wac3rd!

[paulcissa]

With a kick like that, she should have catapulted his manhood over NJ and into the Atlantic.

Scumbags prey on women.

[Bigg Red]

Wow! That is one tough woman. I’ll bet she had some martial arts training.

[Venturer]

Gee: What a surprise.