Search continues for purse snatcher who stole cash, credit cards from elderly woman
Carson City sheriff’s detectives say even though it has been a week since the crime they are continuing to actively search for a teenage girl or young adult woman who stole the purse of a 99-year-old woman on Thursday, Dec. 4.
The suspect is described as caucasian with dirty blond hair, five feet four inches tall and heavy set. She was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt. The crime happened at around 2 p.m. on Spear Street in Carson City.
The teen or young adult woman suspect took the victim’s purse from her shoulder. Inside were credit cards, cash, two checkbooks and a driver’s license.
If anyone has information about the crime, call Detective Salvador Acosta at Office 775-283-7855 or sacosta@carson.org.