These two women are suspected of at least one of five distraction crimes between Sunday, December 4, 2016, and Thursday, January 5, 2017. In some cases the thief will push a chair up against the victim’s chair in a restaurant as if getting up but then put a hand in a coat pocket of a jacket on the back of the chair. It is similar to picking up a purse placed on the floor. These crimes require two people. One distracts, the other steals. The women here distracted a shopper in the Cloverdale Mall by dropping papers in front of her and then stealing her wallet when she tried to help.
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