Suspect description in theft

Posted Nov 23, 2010 05:05:33 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A Kitchener woman is minus her purse, after it was snatched as she waited for a city bus.

Police say the 57-year-old was at a shelter on King near Ontario around 9:30 last night when a man grabbed the purse off a nearby seat and took off.

The woman was not hurt.

The man is described as white, 20 to 35 years of age, 5′ 8″ with a thin build.

Police say he has shoulder length hair and noticeable acne on his face.

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