Community Notification: Purse Snatching

Incident: Purse Snatching
Date: 6 May 2011, 4:00AM
Location: Near the intersection of St. Philip and Calhoun Street.
Suspects’ Description:
#1 Black Female, 5’07” in height, shoulder length curly black hair and last seen wearing a tan blouse.
#2 Driver of suspect vehicle: Black male, no further description available.
Suspects’ Vehicle:
An older model light blue SUV.  Make and model unknown at this time.
Incident Description:
On 6 May 2011 at approximately 4:00AM the victim was walking East on Calhoun Street in the vicinity of Maybank Hall when the above-described vehicle stopped, and the female got out of the van.  The female suspect shouted to the victim, “Hey”.  The female suspect then grabbed the victim’s purse and pulled it away from her.  The female suspect got back into the vehicle, driven by the male suspect, and fled west on Calhoun Street.