Homeless man facing charges after downtown attack .

A homeless man is facing charges after another attack in Downtown Austin that a security guard managed to stop. Rodney Cook, 58, is facing robbery charges. Austin police said a woman who had just got off work Tuesday night and was walking to meet her ride when she was knocked to the ground and had her purse stolen.  The woman told police she could see Cook running off with her purse down an alley near the Driskill Hotel.  A security and another man ran after Cook and held him down until police arrived. "I can completely understand what she went ...
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