Good Samaritan stabbed, bitten after tackling alleged purse thief in Massachusetts

A 21-year-old Massachusetts man is recovering after being stabbed and bitten by an alleged purse thief.

The incident happened Monday afternoon in Malden, a suburb of Boston. The good Samaritan — Instacart delivery driver Ryan Dos Santos — told Boston 25 News he has no regrets about tackling and restraining the suspect. 

Dos Santos was just about to unload a delivery when he heard a woman screaming for help.

“He started running. I went after him,” Dos Santos told the TV station. “I saw the opportunity, tackled him. [We] went on the ground. He was able to stab my leg, my quad … bit me three times on the left arm.”

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The alleged purse thief was identified by police as 26-year-old Jayson Seay.

A teenager reportedly caught the takedown with her cell phone camera.

Once police arrived on the scene, they arrested Seay. 

“I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. I did what every good citizen should do,” Dos Santos said. He was released from a Boston hospital Monday night following treatment for his injuries. 

Dos Santos was released from a Boston hospital Monday night hours after he was stabbed in the leg and bitten multiple times in the arm.

The snatched purse was returned to the victim in her 30s, who had been walking from a nearby subway station. Police told Boston 25 she suffered some bruises as a result of the incident but is otherwise okay.

“Seay is expected to be arraigned in Malden on Tuesday on several charges,” the media outlet reported.