CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police are investigating whether it was a Subbase-area homeless man who snatched cash out of a woman’s purse at the KFC near Nisky Center on St. Thomas Monday morning, authorities said.
The incident occurred at about 11:54 p.m. when officers responded to a report of a robbery at the restaurant, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
“The female victim reported that while in the restaurant, a Black male who is unknown to her approached her from behind, stuck his hand in her handbag and took money out of it,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.
The suspect then fled the restaurant in an unknown direction, Derima said.
Witnesses reported that the man may be a homeless person who frequents the Subbase area, according to the VIPD.
Officers are asking anyone who saw something in this incident to say something by calling 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 774-2211, or anonymously to Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-8477.
On April 20, four masked men robbed the KFC restaurant near Nisky Center on St. Thomas.