
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 2, 1994                    TAG: 9406010223 
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN                     PAGE: 18    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Short 
DATELINE: 940602                                 LENGTH:

CRIME LINE

{LEAD} Suffolk police are asking for help catching the young man who snatched a woman's purse early May 20.

A 66-year-old woman was walking in a crosswalk in the 800 block of West Constance Road at about 9 a.m. when a young man rode up to her on a bicycle and snatched her blue denim purse. It contained money and personal items.

{REST} The suspect rode away, toward Suffolk West Shopping Center.

He is described as a black male in his teens wearing black sweats and a black hat, police said. He is about 5 feet 6 and about 120 pounds.

If you have any information concerning this crime, call Suffolk Crime Line at 539-1222.

If the information you provide leads to an arrest, you could receive up to $1,000 in cash. Crime Line calls are not traced, you do not have to give your name and you will not be asked to testify in court.

{KEYWORDS} ROBBERY\

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