Men Snatch Decatur Office Worker's Laptop, Purse

The Decatur Police Department emailed this information late Saturday about a crime that occurred near East Decatur Station. Though it's classified as a robbery by snatching, no weapon was used and nobody was injured.

On Saturday, July 6, 2013 at approximately 12:30 pm, there was a robbery by snatch in the 100 block of New Street.  A female was working alone in a front office with the front door propped open when the two suspects entered and stated they were lost and begged to use a bathroom. 

The victim stated there was no bathroom but one suspect continued to beg and asked if he could cut through the space to go outside and relieve himself.  The victim allowed him to do so and upon his return, that suspect pushed the victim from her chair toward the floor while the other suspect grabbed a laptop and the victim’s purse off the table where she had been working.

Both suspects fled into the parking lot.  The victim observed the suspects enter a silver 2011 Mercedes Benz E350 displaying GA tag #PFH1139 and flee toward East College Avenue.  The Mercedes Benz was previously reported stolen to the DeKalb County Police Department. 

No weapons were shown and there was not a threat to use a weapon. The victim was not harmed.  Investigators are working with the Atlanta Police Department on a possible lead involving the victim’s phone being tracked to an area in southwest Atlanta shortly after the robbery. 

The suspects are described as follows:

Suspect #1:

Male

Mid to late teens

African-American

Approximately 5’9 and 140 pounds

Slender build

Baggy jeans

Dark green shirt

Hair in short “twists”

Suspect #2:

Male

Mid to late teens

African-American

Approximately 5’9 and 140 pounds

Slender build

Baggy Jeans

Mustard yellow shirt

Hair in short “twists”

*One suspect had the tips of his twists dyed a lighter color but the victim could not recall specifically which one.