Police seeking Wynnewood purse thief Police said the person seen here is wanted in connection with purse thefts in Wynnewood and in Haverford Township.

(Patch) Lower Merion Police are asking for help identifying a theft suspect who stole a purse while in a Wynnewood store.

According to police, the person above stole a purse while in the Wynnewood Giant at about 3:58 p.m. on Oct. 9.

The person above was seen on surveillance video approaching the victim’s shopping cart in the parking lot, taking the victim’s purse, and then walking east through the lot toward Cloverhill Road, and then out of the camera’s view.

Lower Merion Police said police in Haverford Township reported six similar thefts of purses, all at supermarkets since Sept. 26.

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