Can You Help Identify These Theft Suspects?

Caledonia police are asking for the public's help identifying the theft suspects in the attached photos.

On Aug. 20, officers were called at 5:15 p.m. to the Pick-n-Save, 5111 Douglas Ave., for a report of a purse stolen out of a vehicle in the parking lot. The suspect(s) broke the front passenger side window to gain entrance to the car.

The woman who owns the car told police that she was inside the store for about 45 minutes and had left her purse on the floor of the passenger side. Inside were a number of credit cards, check books, and the woman's social security card, according to police reports.

Activity on the credit cards did not start rolling in until the woman returned home after reporting the incident to police. By then, the thieves had visited a Walmart in West Milwaukee and charged almost $1,000 worth of merchandise and a transaction was also recorded at an Amoco gas station, police reports read.

Police say they advised the woman to write down her credit card numbers along with any transactions recorded after her purse was taken, including where the incidents occurred, date and time and any purchase information. 

Since then, the woman has supplied Caledonia investigators with a spread sheet detailing all the transaction information she was able to obtain from her credit card companies; some $13,000 in attempted charges and over $3,000 in approved purchases, she told Patch.

Many of the incidents are recorded at Boston Store, Macy's, and Walmart at or near Mayfair Mall, the woman added.

Caledonia detectives say each transaction - whether approved or declined - is a felony charge of identity theft. If the suspect(s) signed for a purchase, that's felony fraud, too, on top of the original charges for stealing the purse out of the woman's car.

Anyone with information about these crimes can leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at (262)636-9330, via email through the website www.racine.crimestoppersweb.com or by sending a text message to CRIMES (274637) and typing in RACS with your text message. Tips leading to arrest could mean a reward.