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Longmont police: Purse thief goes on $4K shopping spree with stolen credit card

Posted at 12:30 PM, Jun 17, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-17 14:37:58-04

LONGMONT, Colo. — Police in Longmont are looking for a woman who was caught on camera using a stolen credit card to purchase more than $4,000 worth of items at Walmart.

Police said the woman and at least one other person got the credit card from a purse stolen at Golden Ponds Park Thursday.

As an officer was investigating the park theft, the suspects made their way to the north Longmont Walmart to begin making purchases, police wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.

Police said the woman seen in the surveillance video was able to make a $4,075 purchase before the card was declined.

Video shows the woman drive away in a white or silver colored SUV, possibly a 2013-2019 Ford Escape.

Police are asking the public to contact them at 303-774-4300 if they have information on this case.