Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Jul 10, 2008

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sally’s Beauty Supply Purse Snatching

Shreveport Police need the public's help in finding two men who stole a purse from a woman inside a beauty supply shop.

Shortly before 5:00 PM on June 29th, two black men approximately 18-20 years of age entered Sally’s Beauty Supply shop in the 9000 block of Mansfield Road. Once inside one of the men snatched a purse from an elderly woman, containing an undetermined amount of money.

Both men can be seen on video surveillance fleeing the Beauty Supply shop and entering into a Light Blue Honda Civic with damage to the divers side door.

The men are described as being approximately 18 to 20 years of age

The first man is described as being between 6'0" to 6'2" tall having light skin and wearing a red shirt with a black outline of a person on it, blue jean shorts with white tennis shoes and a slender build.

The second man is as being between 5'10" and 6'0" tall, dark skinned man wearing a white shirt and blue jean shorts, also with a slender build.

Information can be left with Crime Stoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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