AN ALLEGED PURSE SNATCHER WAS CAUGHT IN SANTA CRUZ.  SANTA CRUZ POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 40 YEAR OLD ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ, OF WATSONVILLE.  HE IS ACCUSED OF SNATCHING A WOMAN’S PURSE WITH $225 IN CHRISTMAS GIFT MONEY ON SUNDAY.  RODRIGUEZ IS FACING ALLEGATIONS OF GRAND THEFT AND POSSESSION OF UNLAWFUL PARAPHERNALIA AFTER HE WAS APPREHENDED AT 1:00 P-M NEAR BEACH STREET AND PACIFIC AVENUE.  POLICE RECOVERED THE VICTIM’S CHRISTMAS MONEY AND RODRIGUEZ WAS BOOKED INTO COUNTY JAIL.