Crime & Safety

Woman Wanted For Taking Prescription Pills From Victim: Police

Detectives in Winter Haven are asking for the public's help identifying a lady caught on home surveillance footage breaking into a home.

If you recognize this woman, contact the Winter Haven Police Department.
If you recognize this woman, contact the Winter Haven Police Department. (Photo Courtesy of the Winter Haven Police Department )

WINTER HAVEN, FL — Detectives are looking for a woman who was caught on camera going inside a Winter Haven home Wednesday night, according to police.

The suspect went into the home in the 300 block of Lake Howard Drive NW, Winter Haven, at 7:34 p.m. while the resident was asleep. Video footage captured by house surveillance shows her rummaging through the victim's things. A few minutes later, she is seen taking a basket filled with prescription pills, and then left, the Winter Haven Police Department said.

If anyone recognizes this woman in the pictures below, contact Winter Haven authorities at 863-292-7921.

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According to authorities, this unidentified woman took a basket of prescription medicine from a Winter Haven victim. (Photo Courtesy of the Winter Haven Police)
The picture shows the burglar going through things in the kitchen of the house she let herself in. (Photo Courtesy of the Winter Haven Police)

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