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Kohl's Thieves Strike Again, Police Seek Help with ID

Whitpain Police are seeking public help in identifying a man and a woman matching the description of those involved in numerous thefts from area Kohl's Department Stores.

The Whitpain Township Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying a man and a woman matching the description of those involved in numerous thefts from Kohl's Department Stores throughout the area.

According to a press release, a white male wearing a tan Carhart jacket and jeans entered Kohl's on Skippack Pike at 6:14 p.m. on Friday, April 12. The man walked to the housewares department, where he allegedly grabbed two Kitchen-Aid 600 mixers before exiting the store through a rear fire door.

The mixers had a combined value of $1,099.98, the report states.

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Store employees followed the man outside, where they observed him "drop the two boxes containing the mixers," before entering the driver's seat of a vehicle and fleeing the scene. They also observed a white female seated in the passenger's seat, police said.

The vehicle was described as a silver, older-model Ford Explorer with four doors and bearing Illinois registration.

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Police are asking that anyone who can assist in identifying the male subject [pictured above] contact the Whitpain Township Police Detective Division at 610-279-9033, and reference case number 20130412064. 

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