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Tue Nov 25, 2025, 08:51 PM Nov 25

Noem purse snatcher pleads guilty in D.C., faces deportation [View all]

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Noem purse snatcher pleads guilty in D.C., faces deportation

The man who took the Homeland Security secretary’s cash-filled bag while she ate admitted to multiple thefts in the city.

Updated November 25, 2025 at 6:44 p.m. EST 2 minutes ago
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

By Olivia George

A Chilean national on Friday pleaded guilty to a string of thefts throughout D.C., including stealing the handbag of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem while she dined with her family at an upscale restaurant this spring.

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