A woman was caught on camera stealing a wallet from an elderly victim’s purse in a Northern California supermarket, police said Wednesday.
A woman was caught on camera stealing a wallet from an elderly victim’s purse in a Northern California supermarket, police said Wednesday. (Walnut Creek Police Department)
In a Facebook post, the Walnut Creek Police Department said a woman and her accomplice “worked in tandem” on Monday to steal the wallet in a local Safeway grocery store. Detectives asked the public for help identifying the two women and included videos of the suspects before and during the theft as well as when they left the store.
The video taken before the theft showed the victim, wearing a pink sweater, in an aisle, choosing what appeared to be deli meat. One of the suspects, wearing a baseball cap, approached the victim while she has her back turned.
The suspect was seen in the video looking around, then walking away. The suspect returned several times, each time looking at the victim, and then looking around. When a shopper began choosing items right next to the elderly woman, the suspect immediately walked away. She came back a short time later and followed the elderly woman as she left the aisle.
The entire time, a second woman was seen trailing the suspect in the baseball cap.
In a Facebook post, the Walnut Creek Police Department said a woman and her accomplice “worked in tandem” on Monday to steal a wallet from an elderly woman’s purse in a Safeway grocery store in the city. Detectives asked the public for help identifying the two women and included videos of the suspects before and during the theft as well as when they left the store. (Walnut Creek Police Department)
The video of the theft showed the woman in the baseball cap sneaking her hand into the elderly woman's purse while she had her back turned and grabbing what appears to be a wallet as her alleged accomplice looked on. The two then walked off.
The video of the theft shows the thief slowly sneaking her hand into the woman's purse as she had her back turned and grabbing what appears to be a wallet as her alleged accomplice looked on. The two then walked off. (Walnut Creek Police Department)
The post on the Walnut Creek Police Department’s Facebook page has dozens of comments, with several people calling the alleged theft “disgusting” and “sad.”
Facebook user Laura Miyasaki commented, “Let's keep on sharing the video of them stealing from a poor innocent lady totally unaware of what is happening to her. So SAD. I hope you catch them soon."
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