Stolen Purse Had Treasured Keepsake

LONGVIEW — Police in Longview are seeking leads after a woman’s purse holding a treasured memento was stolen. On Tuesday, May 3, around 11:07 a.m., the local woman�s purse was snatched while she was walking toward the front of a store located in the 3600 Block of McCann Road. The victim told police she had just locked her car and put her keys in her pocket. She had her purse over her shoulder and was walking with the aid of a cane to the front of the store.

A white, newer model Ford truck, with some blue scratches or markings of some kind on the driver�s side door drove by her. The victim also stated it had a very loud exhaust on it. She noticed three younger looking Hispanic males in the vehicle. She said that two of them got out of the truck and walked up to her. One grabbed her and pulled her towards the truck, while the other wrestled her purse off her arm. She said that when they got her purse they ran back to the truck and shouted, �Good luck� to her. The truck was last seen heading North on McCann Road from the store parking lot. The victim said two of the suspects were wearing white t-shirts and blue jeans. The driver of the truck was wearing a plaid shirt and had a goatee. She also said one of the suspects had a tattoo on his face.

Although she had cash and debit cards in her wallet, the victim stated that the most important thing to her, and the one thing she wants back desperately, is the printed obituary she had from her husband�s funeral. She has carried it in her purse for many years since his death. If you have any information regarding this crime or any other crime, you are encouraged to contact the Longview Police Department at http://www.Longviewpolice.com or (903)237-1199. Information may also be reported anonymously by contacting Gregg County Crime Stoppers at http://www.greggcountycrimestoppers.com or 903-236-STOP.