Purse Snatched From Mom As She Tends To Child At Livingston Supermarket: Police – Patch
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston police responded to the local ShopRite on Tuesday after a woman said her purse was snatched while she was tending to her child.
Police said they responded around 5:05 p.m. on a report of a “female in distress.” A woman told the police that after she parked, she attempted to remove her child from the back seat of her vehicle.
As she did so, she said, a suspect or suspects pulled up in a vehicle, grabbed the purse from her shoulder, and fled the lot.
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No further details are available. The incident is being investigated by the Livingston Detective Bureau.
This was not the only Essex County purse snatching reported last week.
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In Maplewood, police said that someone snatched a purse from a 70-year-old woman who was waiting at a bus stop last Wednesday afternoon. The suspect ran to a dark-colored car and took off, police said. READ MORE: Woman, 70, Says Her Purse Was Snatched At Maplewood Bus Stop
More Livingston police news this week: Mercedes Stolen On Memorial Day
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