Purse THIEF ALERT--

[Elbert Chamblee]

It could happen anywhere but friday afternoon in Port Arthur Walmart a man and woman working together tried to steal my wifes purse. The guy had a shirt on a hanger in his hand and the lady came in from the other direction on the isle. The lady was asking questions about getting the 12 pack of cokes without a coupon and was trying to distract my wife. The man had walked up to the basket and had the purse at the top edge of the basket and my wife turned around when she felt the basket move. The man dropped the purse back into the the wifes basket. He had the shirt i guess to cover the purse with and go take what he wanted and dump the purse. I walked up and the man was gone but the lady acted like she was trying to help and wanted to know if he got anything. As the lady was walking off my wife told me that the lady was trying to distract her and they were working as a team. I ran and caught up with the lady as she was making her way to the front of the store and took a picture with the cell phone and then went to security and told our story to securit and store manager. So folks let you wife and friends know about this almost loss of i pad and cell phone and credit cards. Also the purse was in the back of the basket on the bottom of the basket. If it would have been in the folding tray on top it would have been gone....Walmart next to Academy in Port Arthur.