Purse snatchers end up with Bible

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Two Seward men have been charged with robbery and aggravated assault after mistaking a Bible for a purse during a robbery last November outside Robin-dale Union Church in East Wheatfield Township, according to court documents.

Christopher Scott Ludwig, 26, was charged in Clymer District Court on May 16, and Ronald Stephenson Jr., 25, was charged Tuesday. Both face counts of aggravated assault, robbery, theft, and simple assault and conspiracy charges.

According to the charging documents, Ludwig and Stephenson determined to commit a robbery for drug money the evening of Nov. 29. They accosted Sharon Baker, who they later described as an "old lady," around 7 p.m. as she was walking into the church, grabbing the strap to the Bible she was carrying, according to the criminal complaint.

She held on to the Bible and screamed, but fell during the altercation, fracturing her shoulder, according to police.

Police said Baker thought both men were in their 20s, and that only one of them made contact with her.

Police said follow-up interviews in the area on April 30 named Ludwig, Stephenson and a third man who has not yet been charged as the suspects. The third man drove Ludwig and Stephenson to and from the area, according to police. He was interviewed on May 15, and he told police that Ludwig and Stephenson had conspired to rob someone, and that they robbed "an old lady and didn't get anything."

Ludwig told police it was Stephenson who grabbed the Bible, which they mistook for a purse, causing Baker to fall, according to the charging documents.

Ludwig was held on a $10,000 bail, and a preliminary hearing was set for June 19. A hearing date for Stephenson has not been set.

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