New Jersey

Child Steals Louis Vuitton Wallet From Target Customer's Cart in New Jersey: Cops

Police are searching for a mother who used her little girl to steal a woman's wallet from a shopping cart at a Target in New Jersey earlier this month. They're also looking for a second woman with whom the mother was seen leaving the store. 

Police reviewed surveillance video of the theft at the Route 1 store in South Brunswick Jan. 10 after a customer called to report her purse had been stolen from her shopping cart and saw a child around the age of 5 pluck it from the cart and hand it to her mother.

Authorities say they believe the mother bumped the victim's cart away as the victim looked at greeting cards; the little girl then walks up to the victim's cart and grabs the Louis Vuitton wallet, leaving behind two DVDs. The child then walks toward her mother, who takes the wallet, and the mother then walks to another woman.

Both woman then walk out of the store with two children behind them, police say the video shows. They left their shopping carts in the aisle.

Police say the victim's credit cards were used at nearby Quaker Bridge Mall a short time after the theft. About $40 were in the wallet, which was valued at more than $1,000.

Anyone with information on either of the women or the theft is asked to call (732) 329-4000 ext. 7486.

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