Crime & Safety

Identity Thief: Do You Recognize This Woman?

BREAKING: Police say this woman has gone on shopping sprees using a Berkeley woman's identity. Do you recognize her or the man with her?

BERKELEY, CA — Police are looking for a woman they say stole a Berkeley woman's identity in order to open several fraudulent lines of credit in businesses around the Bay Area, according to Berkeley police.

The woman, who has a distinctive cursive tattoo on the left side of her neck and very long brown hair, bought several thousand dollars worth of merchandise at a Costco and a Target in Vallejo, police said.

At each store she was photographed by security cameras with a man police describe as a person of interest.
The identity theft was reported on Nov. 30.

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Anyone with information is asked to call Berkeley police at (510) 981-4725.

— Bay City News; Image via Berkeley Police

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