Woman loses $642 to porch purse snatching
Published 12:01 am Saturday, March 10, 2012
NATCHEZ — One Natchez resident is several hundred dollars poorer after reportedly leaving her purse unattended on her own front porch last week.
According to a Natchez police report, a Martin Luther King Jr. Street resident reported that she left her purse containing her wallet with $642 in it on her porch while she went into her house for a few minutes.
The report states that when the woman went back out on her porch, her purse was open and her wallet was missing. The woman reportedly saw three men walking hurriedly away from the area near her house.
Anyone with any information about the theft should call the Natchez Police Department at 601-445-5565 or Crime Stoppers at 601-442-5000.