Tag: diversionary theft scheme
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West Windsor Police: Pair distract woman, steal victim’s wallet
A man and a woman working as a team distracted a shopper at Marshall’s at the Windsor Green shopping center and allegedly stole the victim’s wallet from her purse, which had been left in the top basket of the victim’s shopping cart, according to the West Windsor Police Department. The victim told police that the…
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Woman sprayed with substance; purse stolen in ‘diversionary theft scheme’ in Lawrence
Police are looking for two men who allegedly teamed up to distract a woman and snatched her purse from her car in the parking lot at the Mercer Mall, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. The victim told police that she had visited the Bank of America branch at the Mercer Mall and then…