Courtesy KXAS(KXAS) -- Police are asking for help in finding a brutal purse
snatcher who was caught on camera in East Dallas just days before
Christmas.
The female robber threw an
80-year-old woman to the ground at 11:35 a.m. outside a Wal-Mart along
Interstate 30 in the 7400 block of Samuell Boulevard on Dec. 20.
Surveillance cameras recorded the
entire attack. Photos released by Dallas police show the woman leaving
the store just moments before.
Investigators described the attacker
as a black woman who is about 30 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall and 130
pounds and was wearing a red hoodie, blue jeans, plaid shirt and white
snow boots.
The 80-year-old victim, who lives
nearby, refused medical treatment and told police the robber got away
with a $10 purse, a Texas driver license, prescription medication, a
credit card and $230 in cash.
The surveillance video shows the attacker leaving in an older model black Mercedes Benz.
Anyone with information is asked to
call Detective Doug Jones at the Southeast Investigative Unit at
214-671-0119 or Crime Stoppers at 214-373-TIPS (8477).
