A woman’s purse snatched Monday on her way into a Beaufort store

A Jasper County woman was the victim of a strong armed robbery at a Beaufort shopping center Monday evening.

The woman was walking in the parking lot of Cross Creek Shopping Center on Robert Smalls Parkway just after 8 p.m. when a man wrested her purse from her, according to a Beaufort Police Department report.

The suspect is described by police as a man in his mid-20s, possibly Hispanic, with a light complexion, between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7 in height and between 150 and 170 lbs, department spokeswoman Sgt. Hope Able said Tuesday afternoon. The suspect was wearing a red hat, a red shirt and black pants and did not have any visible tattoos, she said.

Though the woman had several items stolen, she was uninjured, Able said. The victim had cash, a cell phone, credit cards and other miscellaneous items in her purse which had an estimated value of $160, Able said. None of the items were recovered.

The man ran away after stealing her purse, according to the report. No arrests have been made.

This story was originally published March 7, 2017 at 4:11 PM with the headline "A woman’s purse snatched Monday on her way into a Beaufort store."