OCALA, Fla. – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man suspected of stealing a senior woman’s purse and using her credit card.
A 77-year-old woman was shopping at the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 7855 S.W. Hwy. 200 in Ocala on Wednesday when surveillance footage shows a man stealing her purse out of her shopping cart, deputies said.
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The man then tried to buy about $1,300 worth of electronics in the store using her credit card, but the card was declined, a release from the sheriff’s office shows.
After shoplifting a soda, the man left the Walmart and headed down the street to the Circle K at 7580 Hwy. 200, where he successfully used the woman’s credit card to buy gas, deputies said.
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He then left the gas station, abandoning the purse by the gas pumps.
Anyone with any information regarding the theft is urged to report it to MCSO at (352) 368-7867.
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