Crime & Safety
Two Shoppers Victims of Wallet Thefts at Target
One of the incidents was caught on video, police said.
Two female shoppers had their wallets stolen five days apart while browsing at Target, according to Watchung Police.
A 79-year-old Watchung woman told police she noticed her wallet was missing while shopping at the store around noon on Nov. 17. Five days later, a 41-year-old Scotch Plains resident also called police that her wallet had been lifted while she was shopping at about 9:30 a.m. Friday, police said.
Police said a review of the videotape showed a woman in line behind Arezi picked up her wallet and put it in her shopping cart.
The wallet and its contents are valued at $330, police said.
Both incidents are still under investigation.
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