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Reward To Help Find Couple Accused Of Stealing 80-Year-Old Woman's Purse In Las Cruces

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that helps identify the couple suspected of stealing the purse from the shopping cart of an 80-year-old woman.

Las Cruces Police learned that an 80-year-old woman was shopping at the Walmart store, at 571 Walton Blvd., when she had her purse stolen from a shopping cart. The incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21.

Investigators reviewed surveillance video from the store and discovered that a couple – a man and woman – could be seen following the 80-year-old woman throughout the store. At some point, the man distracted the 80-year-old shopper while his accomplice grabbed the purse from her shopping cart.

The couple fled the store and were seen leaving the parking lot in a dark-color car that’s possibly a station wagon or PT Cruiser with faux-wood trim panels on its sides.

Amongst other items, the victim’s purse contained cash and bank cards. Investigators learned that the couple further victimized the 80-year-old woman by using one of her bank cards to withdraw cash at Citizens Bank, at 2511 E. Lohman Ave., later that day.

Police have released images of the suspects with the hopes of identifying them.

Anyone with information that can help identify the suspects is asked to call Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a tip by text message to CRIMES (274637), keyword LCTIPS.

The Crime Stoppers number and text messaging services are operational 24 hours a day and you do not have to give your name to collect a reward.

Information from Las Cruces Police