MANDURAH Detectives and Mandurah Local Policing Team officers have charged an 18-year-old man in relation to an incident yesterday afternoon , in which an 86-year-old woman's handbag was stolen.
At about 2.50pm, a woman was pushing a shopping trolley in the car park of the Mandurah Forum Shopping Centre when she was followed by a man who reached into her trolley and stole her handbag.
The offender ran from the scene, being chased by members of the public, and dumped the handbag in a nearby skip bin as he ran. The handbag and all its contents were recovered and returned to the woman.
The woman attended the Mandurah Police Station and reported the incident.
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READ NOWMandurah Local Policing Team officers attended the shopping centre, and with the assistance of security staff identified a person of interest. The information was handed over to Mandurah Detectives and at about 5.20pm, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Steerforth Drive, Coodanup, and a man was arrested.
An 18-year-old Greenfields man was charged with breach of bail and stealing.
He was refused bail and is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court today.