Purse not worth the pain

A woman was finishing up her shopping trip recently by loading her purchases into the trunk of her car when she learned a lesson about when to let go.

The victim was in the parking lot of the Bermuda Crossroad Shopping Center, located in the 12100 block of Bermuda Crossroad Lane, at about 4 p.m. on Jan. 31 when she felt a tug at her purse, which dropped from her shoulder and slid down her arm. The suspect who'd grabbed the purse hopped into the passenger side of a vehicle driven by a second suspect, pulling the victim in tow and catching the purse in the vehicle's door. The victim grabbed the door handle to try to retrieve her purse and was pulled several feet along the pavement as the suspects drove away, heading north on Jefferson Davis Highway.

Anyone with information about this crime should call police at 748-1251 or Crime solvers at 748-0660, or text the code tip699 with the tip and send to 274637 (CRIMES). Tipsters may also visit www.crimesolvers.net to report information anonymously online.

In other crimes:

Arbor Lake Drive. Between 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 and 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, someone entered a home in the 6800 block at the Arbor Lake Apartments and stole electronics and other property. No signs of forced entry were found.

Holding Pond Lane. Sometime between 7:15 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. on Feb. 2, someone broke into a home in the 2100 block and stole cash. The burglary was discovered when one of the residents returned home.

Hull Street Road. At about 11:50 p.m. on Jan. 30, someone stole an unlocked and running black 2000 Honda Accord from a parking lot in the 6900 block.

• Between 6:25 p.m. on Feb. 1 and 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, someone used a cinderblock to break out a window at the 360 Express Mart in the 16700 block, then reached inside and stole consumable goods.

Iron Bridge Road. Sometime between 10:55 p.m. on Jan. 29 and 9:50 a.m. on Jan. 30, two suspects shattered the front door glass of Super Auto Sales in the 6000 block. Once inside, the suspects rummaged through two desks and took several sets of keys. They did extensive damage to a number of vehicles on the lot and stole a black, two-door 1999 Honda car and a silver, four-door 2001 Volkswagen.

Jefferson Davis Highway. At about 2 p.m. on Jan. 28, two suspects entered the La Miguelena store in the 6700 block and approached the clerk. One suspect held his hand in his pocket as if he had a weapon and demanded the clerk hand over the cash from the register. As the clerk complied, the other suspect went behind the counter and took several cartons of cigarettes. Both suspects then fled on foot.

Kentshire Lane. At about 7:10 p.m. on Feb. 2, a boy was taking out the trash at a home in the 11100 block and saw a hand pushing the exterior garage door open. He ran back into his house, slamming the door and apparently scaring off the suspect.

Kingsland Road. Shortly after 3 a.m. on Jan. 30, police responded to an alarm that activated at Spencer's convenience store in the 4000 block. They found the front door glass had been damaged, but no one had entered the store.

Midlothian Turnpike. At about 2:20 a.m. on Jan. 30, police responded to Priscilla's in the 10900 block when an alarm at the store was activated. They found a side window and door had been damaged, but no one had gotten into the store.

• At about 1:45 a.m. on Feb. 3, police responded to an activated alarm at Mercedes Benz of Richmond in the 12200 block. They discovered a window had been broken out of a rear service bay door. Someone had moved a toolbox from inside the building to the outside of it, and a flat-screen television had been moved, but not taken, from the building.

Old Cheshire Court. At about 10:25 p.m. on Jan. 31, a victim saw a suspect open the unlocked rear door of the victim's vehicle and reach inside to take a toolbox. The victim yelled, and the suspect fled without stealing any property.

River's Bend Boulevard. At about 11 a.m. on Jan. 30, someone stole an unlocked maroon 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer from the parking lot at Budget Rental in the 13100 block.

Walmart Way. Between 10:30 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. on Jan. 29, someone stole cash from a wallet while the victim was shopping in the Wal-Mart store in the 900 block.