Purse-snatcher is asshat; just wanted to pay it forward

A nineteen-year-old Chicago asshat was having a bad day on Tuesday. So rather than just go home and lick his wounds, he decided to take another path. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Zachary Goldak chose to ruin a 78-year-old woman's day by knocking her to the ground and ripping her purse from her hand. But he didn't get away scot-free; he was seen committing the gutless act and a Good Samaritan chased him down and called to other witnesses to call police. The GS caught up with Goldak as he tried to enter his apartment, grabbed him, retrieved the purse, and held him until police arrived.

Chicago po-po were reading the asshat his rights when he volunteered that he snatched the woman's purse 'because my day was ruined so I wanted to ruin someone else's.' He also said he 'needed the money.'

Goldak has been charged with felony robbery. His victim was taken to a local medical center and treated for a dislocated shoulder.