Crime & Safety
Trio Steals Purses from Cars at Mack Avenue Gas Stations
Grosse Pointe Farms and City of Grosse Pointe Police are asking for anyone with information to call 313-881-2100. The trio struck in the City first and then moved to the BP at Mack and Moross a short time later.
police are asking for help in identifying two men and one woman who are believed to have stolen a purse from a vehicle being pumped full of gas shorty after 1 p.m. Sunday.
The trio had been driving a dark blue Toyota Scion with a license plate of CCQ-0557. They entered the about 1:10 p.m., stole the purse from a vehicle and drove away, according to a press release.
A bit earlier in the day, the same group is believed to have committed a similar crime at a gas station on Mack Avenue in the . Similar suspects and getaway vehicle were described in both crimes, according to the Farms police.
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Detectives are awaiting video surveillance from the gas station to aid in the investigation but have asked in the mean time that anyone with information call 313-881-2100.
Residents are also urged to call if the trio or vehicle is spotted in the area. Police also recommend locking vehicle doors when not occupied, such as when pumping gas.
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