BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – It only takes a few seconds.
A team of thieves is stealing purses and wallets while shoppers aren't looking.
Police say the man and woman team are scouting for woman that leave their purses in shopping carts and when the shoppers turn their backs, the thieves reach in and steal a wallet.
The first incident happened Oct. 15 at Trader Joe's on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Hills. A wallet was stolen from a woman's purse and her credit cards were used at various banks immediately following the incident.
The next day, the Costco was hit again. A man walked by the victim's shopping cart and removed her wallet from her purse.
That same day, a woman found that her wallet had been stolen from her purse at Starbucks on West Maple Road in Bloomfield Township.
Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the thieves photographed above. The two women wearing a hat shown below used the stolen credit cards at various banks.