Groves Police searching for purse thief
Published 2:31 pm Monday, May 9, 2016
- The man in the white shirt is suspected of stealing a purse that a woman had accidently left on a shelf at a Groves store then attempting to use the victims debit cards. Courtesy photo
GROVES —Groves Police have released surveillance photos of a man who stole a woman’s purse from Nothing Over 99 Cent store last month.
The theft took place shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the store, located 5030 Twin City Hwy.
The victim had placed her purse on a shelf while taking a photo of some merchandise to send to a friend but after the photo was taken she forgot her purse and walked off. When she went back to look for the purse it was gone, Groves City Marshal Norman Reynolds Jr. said.
Surveillance video showed that a short, stocky black male in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing a white shirt grabbed the purse off the shelf and shoved it down his pants. He then met up with a black female who was wearing a pink shirt at the front register.
The woman in pink was reportedly with a man suspected of stealing a purse that a woman had accidently left on a shelf at a Groves store and attempting to use the victims debit cards.
Courtesy photo
“After they left the store they attempted to use the debit cards immediately at Murphy USA, then they tried to use it at Raceway on Twin City Highway then Dollar General,” Reynolds said.
The victim had canceled her debit cards immediately, he added.
Persons with information about this theft or the identities of either suspect are asked to contact the Groves Police Department at 960-5743.
