Crime & Safety
Pickpocket Uses Credit Cards To Buy Flat-Screen Televisions
A woman had her wallet stolen at DSW and before she reported the cards stolen thieves had used them.
Police are looking for two suspects who stole a wallet in the holiday shopping rush and used stolen credit cards to make purchases nearby.
A pickpocketer was reported Saturday at the DSW store on the 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road. The vicitim told police she was shopping and a woman bumped into her.
At the time, the victim said she didn't realize that her wallet had been taken from her purse. The woman saw two suspects flee - a man and a woman.
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Within an hour, police said, the two suspects bought flat screen televisions from nearby Wal-Mart and Best Buy using the woman's credit cards.
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