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Good Deed Turns Sour 3.12.13 9.15a AF

An act of kindness turned into a crime on Friday when a man’s wallet was stolen by a transient.        A 19-year-old Ben Lomond man was walking on Front Street in Santa Cruz around 5:30pm when a homeless man asked him for some money.    When he pulled out his wallet to give him a few dollars, 53-year-old Matthew Devecchis grabbed the wallet from his hand and ran.      The victim and other observers tackled the thief before he cold escape.       Devecchis was arrested on suspicion of robbery.

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