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Cottonwood Heights police are hunting for a thieving couple who specialize in victimizing elderly women while they shop for groceries.
Police Detective Dan Morzelewski said that on July 30, the victims were intentionally bumped by a male suspect to distract them while he took wallets from their purses. Both thefts occurred at grocery stores, one in Cottonwood Heights and another in neighboring Murray.
The victims' credit cards were then used by the female accomplice to rack up more than $2,000 in charges at the Target, Home Depot and Game Stop businesses in Cottonwood Heights.
The female suspect, white, hefty, blonde and in her 30s to 40s, was wearing a white shirt and black pants; the white male suspect was wearing a yellow shirt and khaki shorts.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Morzelewski at 801-944-7047 or by Email: dmorzelewski@ch.utah.gov.
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