Police are warning the public to be aware of their surroundings after multiple purse-snatching incidents were reported in Federal Way.
Police are warning the public to be aware of their surroundings after multiple purse-snatching incidents were reported in
Officers arrived and found the 76-year-old victim who said she was loading groceries into her car when a thin Black woman – possibly in her teens wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt – approached her and began tugging at her purse. She told officers that the suspect hopped into a getaway car described as a small blue sedan, which was driven by a Black man – also believed to be in his late teens. At 11:20 a.m., police responded to another similar incident at Winco Foods in the 100 block of SW Campus Dr.This time, officers contacted an 86-year-old victim, who said she had just parked her car and was walking toward the store when a blue sedan approached her from behind.
FWPD officers found the blue sedan moments later, but the suspects drove away evading capture. Officers were able to document their Washington license plate: BCCO447.
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