Sports Authority ripoff, accusing loyal customers of shoplifting, damaging our reputation Brick New Jersey

We and my girlfriend went to Sports Authority simply to see if they had any new products. First we browsed the clothing section, and we saw a baseball jersey that I liked. My girlfriend held on to it and was considering to purchase it. I decided that I wanted to to go the basketball section, while she was looking at clothing. She tried a few items on, and she decided not to make a purchase. We proceded to walk to the exit, and as soon as we got outside a man walked up to my girlfriend and tried to take her pocketbook, and a stuggle took place as I was helping my girlfriend pull her pocketbook away from the man. As soon as we pulled her purse away from him, he then accused us of stealing merchandise from the store. We walked to my car and drove away, and my girlfriend wanted to go to the police and report what had just occured, but I simply just told her to forget about what happened. A few hours later, police came to my house with an arrest warrant, CHARGING ME WITH ROBBERY!!! This is the same charge you get when you rob a bank. First off, the security sensors did not go off, so when the man who did not idenify himself attempted to snatch my girlfriend's purse, we refused to to give it to him simply because we had no idea who he was, what he was doing, and why he was doing it. If he had came up to us and identified himself as a secuirty officer, and asked to search her purse, we simply would have shown the security guard her purse. Second of all, i have spent hundreds of dollars in that store, and the many of the employees know me, simply from purchasing products there on a daily basis. On top of all of this, me and my girlfriend's name appeared in the local newspaper, Destroying our reputation completely. We both have no criminal background whatsoever, and I am afraid to shop anywhere after experiencing what had happened.

Dan
brick, New Jersey
U.S.A.