COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Authorities asked for your help to find two female suspects after an alleged theft.
NBC 4’s Mike Jackson reported with the FAST FACTS.
A wallet containing a credit card and a food-stamp card was stolen out of a vehicle on the city’s East Side at about 5 p.m. Monday Feb. 9, 2009, according to police.
That same day, the stolen credit card was used in a Columbus Walgreens store, authorities said.
Later, the food-stamp card also allegedly was used at the Walgreens.
Columbus police investigators obtained surveillance video of a female suspect using the cards.
During both instances, authorities said the suspect was accompanied by a second female, possibly her daughter, who appeared to be in her early teens.
The older suspect was described as a white female in her early 40s. She’s about 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. She has brown hair.
The second suspect was described as a white female in her late teens who is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 125 pounds and has shoulder-length brown hair.
Crime Stoppers has posted a reward of as much as $2,000 for any information received by Wednesday, June 3, 2009, leading to the arrest and/or indictment of the persons responsible for the crime.
Anyone with information about the crime was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 645-TIPS (8477) or e-mail at http://www.stopcrime.org. You can text a tip to “CRIMES” 274637 with a keyword of TIP125.
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