The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Carleton Place, Ont. is asking the general public to assist determine two ladies and one man who’re accused of distracting one other girl to steal her purse from her automotive final month.
Police say they obtained a name from the sufferer on Feb. 20 reporting that her purse had been stolen from her automotive whereas parked at a grocery retailer on McNeely Avenue.
When the lady was getting ready to drive away, two ladies approached her, with one saying she had dropped change beneath her automotive, police notice. That was when the sufferer acquired out of the automotive and recovered the change; nonetheless, whereas she was doing so, a person allegedly opened the entrance passenger door, stole the purse and walked into a gray hatchback, probably a Honda CRV, with the 2 ladies earlier than driving north on McNeely Avenue, a witness instructed police.
The sufferer didn’t know that her purse was stolen till she was approached and instructed by a Good Samaritan, police add.
In the meantime, surveillance video has confirmed that the three suspects had been collectively earlier than and after the theft, the OPP says.
The distracting girl is described as being in her 40s with shoulder size darkish hair. The person is described solely as being in his 40s.
Police say whereas a photograph of the 2 ladies is connected to this media launch, the face of one in every of them has been obscured as she could also be protected beneath the Youth Prison Justice Act. Nevertheless, clothes might nonetheless assist result in her id.
Anybody with info is requested to name the Lanark OPP at 1-888-310-1122, or name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 to stay nameless.
