Crime & Safety
Police Searching For West Babylon Purse Thief
The woman is wanted for stealing a purse from a local grocery store this month, police say.
WEST BABYLON, NY - Suffolk Police announced on Tuesday they are looking for a woman who stole a pocketbook from a customer at a West Babylon grocery store earlier this month.
The woman (pictured above) stole the purse from a shopping cart at Stop & Shop on 365 Route 109 on August 2 at 12:14 p.m.
She then was seen fleeing the scene in the car pictured below:
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