Crime & Safety

Credit Cards Stolen From Purses at Northbrook Court

Similar reports made to the Northbrook Police Department on consecutive days.

Two cases of credit cards being stolen from purses at Northbrook Court were reported on consecutive days this week.

On June 23, a woman who had been dining with a friend at a Mall restaurant noticed her credit card missing the her purse that was located behind her when she went to pay the bill. She immediately called the credit card company, but found a purchase of $4,500 was already made at another Mall business.

The next day, another woman reported her credit cards were stolen from her purse while dining at the Mall and learned shortly after that theft transactions were attempted at the Mall using the credit cards.

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