BOCA RATON – Police said a woman was robbed at her home Sept.
7 after she returned from grocery shopping.
A police report said the victim told officers she had just returned
home from shopping at the Publix on South Federal Highway and
pulled her car into the garage. She said she was getting out of her car
when a male approached her and grabbed her purse.
The victim told officers the suspect refused to let go of the purse and
they struggled until the purse strap broke. The suspect ran out of the
garage with the purse. The victim was not injured during the struggle,
said police.
A neighbor witnessed the suspect getting out of a dark, older model
car, possibly a Toyota, which seemed to have followed the victim
home. The suspect ran into the garage and a short time later, the
witness saw the suspect run from the garage carrying an object in
his hand. The suspect ran west on SW 10th Street then south on SW
13th Avenue where the witness lost sight of him.
Police are asking anyone with information about the crime to call
Detective Ron Mello at (561) 620-6186 or Palm Beach County Crime
Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS.