POLICE are trying to find a woman responsible for several stealing incidents at Innaloo shopping centre on Friday.
The suspect threatened to stab a Miss Maud’s staff member and demanded cash from the café till at about 4.45pm.
The worker refused and the woman then stole a customer’s phone and wallet from their handbag.
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READ NOWBut the worker chased the woman and retrieved the customer’s items.
The offender entered another store and attempted to steal another shopper’s handbag before centre security intervened.
She ran from the centre and got in her car, driving a short distance before running from the car towards the nearby cinemas.
The only description of the woman was that she was about 155cm tall and had dark skin.
Report information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.
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