Hermosa Beach police try to identify wallet thieves in Hermosa Beach
Police are trying to identify two men who stole a woman's wallet from her purse at a Hermosa Beach bar and used her credit cards.
The crime occurred about 6 p.m. July 2 at Patrick Molloys on Pier Avenue. Two men sat down at a table directly behind a woman, who had placed her purse over the back of her chair.
One man acted as a lookout while the other reached into the woman's purse, using his jacket to conceal his actions. The thief took the woman's wallet and he and his friend took off. The victim was unaware her wallet was gone for about an hour.
The thieves later used the victim's credit card at two locations in El Segundo.
A surveillance camera recorded the crime. The video can be viewed at http://www.insidesocal.com/crime&courts/. If you watch it closely, about 2 1/2 minutes in, you'll see the guy in the white shirt at the table in the left corner take the woman's wallet from the woman sitting next to the guy wearing the "24" jersey.
Contact Detective Dave Bohacik at 310-318-0330 if you know anything.
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And this is why you NEVER put your purse over the back of your chair. That guy really had huevos going thru her purse while she had her back to him. Hope they catch him....maybe he used his own card (yeah right)for his check and they can trace him that way.