Suspect sought for stealing purse, using credit card | News

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC)- Authorities are on the lookout for a man who used a credit card from a purse he stole at a Japanese restaurant in downtown.

On the afternoon of July 8, the victim contacted Charleston police and said her purse was stolen the previous night from the O-Ku restaurant on 463 King St.

The woman said she and her friends left their purses in a chair at their table while they got up to dance at 11:30 p.m.

When they returned at 11:50 p.m., the woman noticed that her purse was missing and that her friend's purse was on the floor.

Police say a credit card from the victim's purse was used the next day at a Kangaroo on Wappoo Road.

Investigators have released pictures of the suspect and his vehicle. If you have any information you are asked to call police or Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.

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