Crime

SLO pair steals wallet, goes on $2,000 Home Depot shopping spree, police say

The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying two people who are suspected of stealing a wallet and then going on a shopping spree at Home Depot.
The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying two people who are suspected of stealing a wallet and then going on a shopping spree at Home Depot. San Luis Obispo Police Department

The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking the public’s help identifying two people suspected of stealing a wallet and then going on a shopping spree at Home Depot.

In a tweet Friday, the police department said a man and woman allegedly stole a wallet from a shopper at Ralph’s grocery store in San Luis Obispo on Thursday.

The pair then used a debit card from the wallet to buy more than $2,000 worth of items from Home Deport, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Luis Obispo Police Department at 805-594-8072.

This story was originally published August 11, 2023 at 2:10 PM.

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Kaytlyn Leslie writes about business and development for The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Hailing from Nipomo, she also covers city governments and happenings in San Luis Obispo. She joined The Tribune in 2013 after graduating from Cal Poly with her journalism degree.
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