Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police seek the public’s help in identifying a woman “who stole an expensive purse from a downtown retailer on April 4,” police say.

Reportedly, the woman entered a store located on the 400 block of Whitaker Street in the afternoon hours. “The suspect then walked through the store as if she was shopping. Eventually, she inspected several purses before she chose a light in color purse and exited the store with it,” police say.

The suspect is described as a white female approximately five feet five to eight inches tall and weighs around 135 to 145 pounds with shoulder length brown hair. She wore a black shirt, black pants, a pink sweater and black leather flats during the incident.

This article appears in Apr 13-19, 2016.