Thieves Target 92-Year-Old Woman at South Pasadena Grocery Store

SOUTH PASADENA, CA: Los Angeles Police detectives are asking for help finding a couple of thieves who targeted a 92-year-old woman as she was leaving a South Pasadena grocery store.

On the afternoon of July 3, the woman went to a grocery store at the 1700 block of Garfield Avenue in South Pasadena. A man followed her into the store, and waited as she loaded her groceries into her car. Then he and woman followed her as she drove home.

“While the victim was driving on Huntington Drive, the female suspect signaled the victim to pull her vehicle to the curb. When the victim pulled over, the male suspect got out of his vehicle and told the victim that she had hit his vehicle at the grocery store parking lot,” according to police. “The victim told him there were no signs of damage to either of the vehicles but she became concerned and did not want to argue with the suspect. The victim was in fear and decided to offer to pay the suspect with a check. The suspect refused a check and demanded cash. The victim then offered to go to her home and pay him with cash.”

At home, she paid them their cash, but the female suspect then created a distraction by asking for a glass of water, according to the LAPD. While the woman was in the kitchen with the female suspect, the man went into the victim's bedroom and took approximately $6,000, police say.

The first suspect is described as a man with black hair and brown eyes weighing around 190 pounds. He was seen wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, and black work boots. The second suspect is described as a female with black hair and wearing a flowery dress.

The suspects' vehicle is described as a 2015-2016 White Mazda-CX3.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call LAPD's Hollenbeck Burglary Detective Di Rosario or Officer Wilson at (323) 224-0108.

PHOTOS: LAPD