Crime & Safety
Purse Grabbed At Silver Spring Chick-Fil-A, Police Release Video
Montgomery County Police released a video of a suspect snatching a purse off a table at Chick-fil-A and running out of the building.
SILVER SPRING, MD — A person ordered at the Chick-fil-A on Tech Road, got their food from the counter and was heading toward the door when they snatched another customer's purse off a table and ran, authorities said.
Video released by the Montgomery County Police department shows the victim chase the suspect— whose gender is unknown, police said — out of the building. The victim got the purse back and got into a brief "scuffle" with the suspect before the suspect ran off.
The attempted robbery took place around 8 a.m. Saturday, police said.
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Authorities are asking anyone with information about the crime or the suspect to call the 3rd District Investigative Section at (240) 773- 6870 or (240) 773- TIPS or Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). See the video here.
There may be a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect, police said.
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