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New Canaan Police Arrest the Woman They Were Looking For in Purse Theft

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New Canaan Police on Tuesday night arrested a 53-year-old Norwalk woman for stealing a purse from Baskin-Robbins last week. — This article was previously published by NewCanaanite.com. New Canaan police described what happened with the following account, including accusations not proven in court:

She was identified based on video surveillance images that New Canaan Police shared through their own social media accounts as well as through local news organizations. —See also: Do You Know This Woman Suspected in the Theft of a Purse in New Canaan? Police Trying to Identify Her (July 8)

Lida A. Martinez of Olmstead Place came to police headquarters at about 9 p.m. on July 9 to discuss the theft.

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Do You Know This Woman Suspected in the Theft of a Purse in New Canaan? Police Trying to Identify Her

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New Canaan Police are asking for help from the public in identifying a woman caught stealing a purse at Baskin-Robbins in that town last week. Video surveillance from the popular Main Street shop shows the woman stealing the purse at about 4:07 p.m. Friday. — This article originally was published in NewCanaanite.com. Wearing a yellow T-shirt and white shorts, she is described as an au pair, grandmother or caretaker of a young boy with whom she entered the store and sat at a table near the door, eating ice cream. Video surveillance shows an unwitting young couple sitting at the next table over, including a woman with a purse that she hangs by the strap from her chair.

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New Canaan Police Are Asking the Public for Help Identifying This Man

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New Canaan police are calling for the public’s help in identifying a man that they say accosted two juvenile females at Dunkin Donuts on Thursday evening. At about 7:15 p.m. on March 21, officers were dispatched to Dunkin’s at 98 Elm St., downtown New Canaan on a report of a “suspicious black male,” according to a police report. The man had approached the juveniles and asked the to come into the bathroom with him, according to the report. When the girls said no, they fled on foot and the man followed them, the report said. Police are asking for the public’s help identifying this man, who is accused of accosting two juvenile females in New Canaan on March 21, 2019.