Three youths pushed a woman, grabbed her purse and ran off with the bag in North Laurel Thursday evening, Howard County police said.
The woman was not injured in the robbery, police said.
According to police, about 7:20 p.m. three males, who appeared to be between 13 and 17, approached the woman as she walked in the 9600 block of Hitching Post Lane.
The victim tried to hold on to her purse, but the youths tugged the bag loose from her arm. Police said the youths ran and possibly drove off in a light-colored two-door car.