RIVER NORTH — Two purse thieves took off with several handbags from a River North store Monday morning before crashing into a parking meter pay box nearby, according to police and NBC5.
Police chased after the suspects at 10:39 a.m. after seeing them snatch purses from a store in the first block of West Grand Avenue, said Officer Nicole Trainor, a Chicago police spokeswoman.
The thieves didn't make it far, crashing into a parking meter pay box shortly after, NBC5 reports:
Wild scene downtown. Police say started with theft of purses, then offenders fled and crashed into cars @nbcchicago pic.twitter.com/AfzIbimhB5
— Katie Kim (@KatieKimNBC) August 22, 2016
Police did not disclose the value of the purses or which store they were taken from. Charges were still pending Monday afternoon.
The ripoff was the latest in a rash of purse thefts fro Downtown stores. Two men took thousands of dollars worth of handbags earlier this month from the Mag Mile Chanel store, 935 N. Michigan Ave.
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