Purse-snatcher on the loose
9:53 p.m. Monday, July 21, 2008
Huntoon and Gage
Topeka Police need your help finding a purse snatcher.
Officers say the crimes happened Saturday afternoon within a 15-minute span in the area of Huntoon and Gage.
In three separate cases, police say the women were walking to their cars when a suspect approached them and took, or used force to try to take their purses.
Police are looking for a white or Hispanic man.
He's between 5' 10" and 6' tall, weighing 150 to 160 pounds.
He has a short buzz-cut hair style and was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and dark shorts.
The suspect was driving a 1990s maroon Oldsmobile Alero.
The license plates were stolen dealer tags that read D2289E.
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