Over the last several weeks, numerous incidents of purse snatchings at Raley's on Natomas Boulevard and Viva Market on Norwood Avenue had been reported to Sac PD. In most cases, purses were stolen from shopping carts while victims shopped in the produce section of these stores where the suspect would run by and grab the purse.
"There was great information provided by some concerned citizens who chased the suspects on a couple of the incidents and good security camera footage from the stores," reports Capt. Daniel Hahn. "Det. Mark Johnson worked on this case and was able to identify one of the suspects who did the purse snatch at Viva Market and one of the suspect's who did a purse snatch at Raley's."
Police believe it is possible these two suspects are responsible for all of the reported purse snatch incidents.
