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Cops probe purse snatchingsTue, 08/05/2008 - 3:22pm
By: John Munford
Fayetteville Police are investigating two purse snatchings that occurred within hours of each other Thursday, one at the Fayette Pavilion and the other at the nearby Uptown Square shopping center. Police believe the same two men were involved in both incidents, as they left the scene both times in a small black convertible believed to be a BMW, police said. The first incident occurred in the T-Mobile store at Uptown Square after 11 a.m. as a woman was having her phone worked on, police said. One of the suspects grabbed the woman’s purse and ran outside, police said. The second incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. when a woman was sitting on a bench outside the Fayette Candle Factory store and one of the suspects grabbed her purse, which was next to her on the bench, police said. The victim grabbed a handle on the purse and was pulled to the ground, causing minor injuries, police said. Ultimately the woman held onto her purse but lost her cellphone and perhaps a ring that fell on the ground during the incident, police said. One of the suspects was described as a black male about 6-feet-2-inches tall and the other was approximately 6 feet, police said. Also, one was wearing a black shirt and black jogging-style pants while the other was wearing a gray shirt and gray jogging-style pants, police said. Fayetteville police were assisted by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office in searching for the perpetrators after both incidents, and though police investigated several vehicles matching the description of the getaway car, they had no luck apprehending the suspects. Uptown Square is located directly across Ga. Highway 85 from the Pavilion. login to post comments
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