BELLAIRE, Texas (KTRK) -- A man with an extensive criminal record is behind bars after police say he punched an 87-year-old woman in the face while attempting to rob her of her purse.

It happened on Saturday afternoon at the Bellaire Transit Center on Bellaire Boulevard at Rice.

Osnely Valdes-Fiallo told Eyewitness News he had just pulled into the transit center on the No. 49 bus when he witnessed the violent attack.