Two young men snatched a woman's purse from her shopping cart as she prepared to enter a Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft store in Pittsfield Township on Sunday evening, police said.
The incident occurred at about 6:23 p.m. in the 3700 block of Carpenter Road.
Police say the woman had her purse in her shopping cart, and the young men grabbed it and ran. A police tracking dog was called in, but was unable to find the thieves.
The woman was not injured.
The woman described one of the thieves as black, about 14 years old, and wearing a dark colored T-shirt. The other was black, in his early 20s, and had a red T-shirt on.
Police have not made an arrests, as of Monday morning.
Anyone with information is asked to call Pittsfield Township police at 734-944-4911.
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