2 Women Steal Purses From Canton Shoppers, Police Make Arrest: Cops

CANTON, MI — Two women were arrested after police said they stole multiple purses from shopping carts inside Canton grocery stores and used the credit cards to buy things earlier this summer.

Shaniece Poindexter, 26, of Westland, and Monea Marie Matthews, 26, of Detroit, were each charged with two counts of larceny between $1,000 and $20,000, three counts of stealing/retaining a financial transaction device, three counts of illegal sale or use of a financial transaction device and three counts of larceny between $200 and $1,000, officials said.

They were placed in jail on a $10,000 bond, police said. If they are released, they must wear a GPS tether.

Their next scheduled court date is set for Sept. 23 in Plymouth.