Boca Raton Police Ask For Help Nearly 24 Hours After Attack. Victim Pepper Sprayed In Mall Parking Lot. Luxury Handbag Nearly Snatched.
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Boca Raton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect seen above (and below). She is wanted for allegedly pepper-spraying a woman in the parking lot of Boca Raton Town Center Mall, then trying to take her shopping bag containing a luxury handbag. Here’s what Boca Raton Police released nearly 24 hours after the incident:
“Just after 4:30 p.m. yesterday, Boca Raton Police responded to an attempted robbery in the east parking lot at 6000 W Glades Road. As the victim was walking towards her vehicle from the mall with a shopping bag, the suspect approached and pepper-sprayed the victim before pulling at the handle of her shopping bag.
A struggle ensued and the suspect fled on foot without possession of the bag. The victim sustained minor injuries. The suspect is described as a white female of average height, approximately 30 to 50 years old, with brown hair. She was wearing a light-colored shirt and dark pants. Officers conducted a search of the area and the suspect was not located. At this point in the investigation, it appears the victim was followed out of a department store after purchasing a luxury handbag. If you have information about this ongoing investigation, please contact Detective Dale Graham at (561) 620-6175.”
If you don’t want to speak with police, call CrimeStoppers of Palm Beach County at 800-458-TIPS or leave a tip online at CrimeStoppersPBC.com. If you’d rather speak with us, just send a tip by text at 561-576-NEWS (6397) or call us. We’ll pass on legitimate information to investigators. We do note that took the Boca Raton Police Department nearly a full day to release information that could help catch the suspect and alert the public that a potentially violent thief is on the loose and targeting women at Boca Raton Town Center Mall.
Why did the police wait so long to tell the public about this? Absolutely ridiculous. Hopefully the woman attacked is doing well- but we could of helped find who did this. What is this Police Dept thinking?? Why is everything so secret when it effects the surrounding communities safety?? I think we all deserve an answer????
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