From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in obtaining information regarding an Deception Theft that occurred on November 11 around 3:30 pm at Home Goods in Abingdon. The female suspect asked the victim for help reaching an item on the shelf, at that time the male suspect is believed to have taken the victim’s wallet. The victim’s credit cards were attempted to be used at Macy’s, Best Buy, and Kohl’s in Bel Air.
Anyone with investigative information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact DFC Todd of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office at 443-567-7210
Anyone with information regarding the crime who wishes to remain anonymous may report their information through the following methods listed below. Qualifying tips submitted to the tip lines below that lead to a conviction may be eligible for up to $ 2,000.00 in rewards.
Website/Email: Submit a tip online at http://www.harfordsheriff.org/wanted
Text message: Metro Crime Stoppers: Text “CRIMES” (274637)
Begin the message “MCS,” then add the information.
Phone: Harford Crime Solvers: Call 1-888-540-8477
Worst than fxxking cockroaches!!
What do you want to bet that most everything that the woman is wearing is either stolen or bought with welfare money? Disgusting people that prey on innocent people trying to be helpful. No wonder folks are afraid to help others – it’s because of worthless broke a## people like this.
Who? Laqueefa wiff her knockoff Dooney & Burke?
You be illin’, yo.
You would think that people would learn!
This tactic had been used at many Abingdon businesses over the past year.
Secure your valuables!
Thank Harford County for putting a bus stop there. Just learn from White Marsh, 10 years ago it was a great place…now not so much. Abingdon will be the new White Marsh, and more bus stops will arrive, along with the crowd they bring.
It’s okay though nobody can see it from Bel Air…so nobody will do anything!
Wonder why you have so many “thumbs down”? Perhaps Harford Transit needs some bus stop at the so called ” NIMBY'” neughborhood and other people who look the other way to get an idea what social diversity is all about?
Two big time, major degrees, I know what I’m talking about. I’ve spent years studying and I have earned the respect to be known as greatness.
The only solution to this is to pass a law that makes it illegal to help a person with anything.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Criminals are so brazen because they know they will not be punished. The most they can expect is to be inconvenienced for a few hours if they get caught. It will get worse during the upcoming Christmas ( sorry I didn’t mean to offend anyone, I meant holiday) season. Six months hard time eating spam would cure these vermin.
Compassion Techniques
This is when pickpockets rely on the mark’s compassion for others to allow them to make the lift. It’s an extremely deceitful form and hard to spot. Some pickpockets play on compassion in their distractions. They “accidentally” spill change or shopping bags on the ground so that someone will stop to help them. While the mark is kneeling on the ground with the first pickpocket, another member of the team steals his or her wallet. At the beach, one member of the team may pretend to be in trouble in the water. When the mark runs in to help out, another member of the team walks off with whatever the mark has left on the beach.
Forget to mention http://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/safety-tips/category/pickpockets/tip/common-pickpocket-techniques
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