On Friday, July 27, 2012, Fruitport Township Police Department responded to the Meijer store (5300 S. Harvey in Fruitport Township) regarding a reported purse-snatching complaint.
The 78-year-old female victim had been shopping in the produce department of Meijer when she turned away from her shopping cart briefly to look at something.
A 32-year-old female suspect from the Muskegon County area reportedly approached the shopping cart, took the victim’s purse from the cart, and started toward the exit.
The victim was unaware of the offender’s actions, but a nearby Good Samaritan witnessed the theft. The witness yelled, notifying others of the theft, and then caught up to the suspect and recovered the victim’s purse.
The suspect got into a vehicle and left the scene. Witnesses provided a vehicle and suspect description to police. The vehicle was later located in Whitehall and stopped by Whitehall Police Department. The suspect was in the vehicle.
The suspect was turned over to Fruitport Township Police Department and was subsequently lodged at the Muskegon County Jail.
No further information about this incident, including the names of the involved parties, is being released by police at this time.
All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
