Exterior view of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H. In the foreground is the sculpture title 'Origins,' by Mark di Suvero. June 2, 2008 photo taken by Struthious Bandersnatch. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Museum security guard honored for helping to nab mugger

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Exterior view of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H. In the foreground is the sculpture title 'Origins,' by Mark di Suvero. June 2, 2008 photo taken by Struthious Bandersnatch. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Exterior view of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, N.H. In the foreground is the sculpture title ‘Origins,’ by Mark di Suvero. June 2, 2008 photo taken by Struthious Bandersnatch. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire security officer who helped nab a man charged with mugging a 91-year-old woman by videotaping the assault is being honored for his actions.

Police say Nicholas Laliberte was working at the Currier Museum of Art Dec. 7 when he used a security camera to follow a man who parked illegally behind the museum.

Several minutes later the man is seen on video stealing a purse from an elderly woman, knocking the woman and a friend to the ground.

The New Hampshire Union Leader says Laliberte’s actions helped capture a dangerous person.

Police subsequently arrested 22-year-old Joseph Audet Jr. of Manchester for assaulting the women.

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Information from: New Hampshire Union Leader, http://www.unionleader.com

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