Pa. Crime Stoppers released this store surveillance photo of two women with multicolored hair who police say are suspected of stealing up to $3,000 in merchandise from the Target store in Richland Township last month. (Credit: PA Crime Stoppers)
Two women who are suspects in a retail theft case in Richland Township did anything but blend in while they were allegedly stealing up to $3,000 in merchandise, police say.
According to Richland Township Police, the women and a male accomplice made off with items worth at least $1,000 and possibly as much as $2,000 to $3,000 when they shoplifted them from the Target store on Rt. 309 near Quakertown last month.
In a Crimewatch post by Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Wednesday, authorities said the women visited the store Sept. 21 at around 4:50 p.m.
They then filled a shopping cart and reusable shopping bags they had brought into the store with merchandise, before taking it out through a fire exit, police said.
Police released this photo of a man suspected of participating in a retail theft incident at Target in Richland Township last month. Authorities say the man is believed to have acted as an accomplice to two women with multi-colored hair who they say stole $1,000 to $3,000 in merchandise from the store. (Credit: PA Crime Stoppers)
Outside the store, police said the women met up with their accomplice, who police said is Black and was driving a red Chevy Lumina sedan with a damaged front passenger side mirror.
Police noted that the man “spoke with an additional unknown white female who was parked next to the red Chevrolet in a black Hyundai sedan with an unknown PA registration.”
“Her involvement is unknown,” police said, “however she did follow the Chevrolet from the store.”
Police say that when the women exited Target, they were met by their accomplice, who was driving the red Chevy Lumina pictured above at the time. Police said the stolen items were loaded into the car before the three departed the scene followed by another woman in a black Hyundai sedan with whom the man had been speaking earlier. (Credit: PA Crime Stoppers)
The women are described as white and having had “noticeable multi-colored hair” at the time. One suspect had pink hair with blue highlights and the other had blonde hair with blue highlights, police said.
Anyone with information about the suspects is being asked to call Ofc. Joshua Fonseca at the Richland Township Police Department at 215-536-9500, ext. 313, or to anonymously contact the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or online. All callers to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest, the solving of a crime/cold case or the location of a wanted person/fugitive or missing person.