Crime & Safety
Police Seek West Islip Wallet Thief
The woman removed a wallet from another woman's purse at a store last week, police say.
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a woman who attempted to steal another woman’s wallet from a West Islip store earlier this month.
According to police, the woman pictured above entered Best Yet Market, located at 9 Udall Road, at 8:50 a.m. on Sept. 16 and removed a pink wallet from another woman’s purse.
The wallet’s owner was able to recover her wallet from the thief, who then fled, police said.
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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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