A woman who had just finished eating at Applebee's on South Rutherford Boulevard told police she was feeding a stray cat her leftover food when someone grabbed her purse.
The victim reported that her purse was sitting on a bench outside the restaurant while she was feeding the cat and a female pulled up grabbed her purse and then fled the scene in a four door Kia. The tag on the car was "M6805B," Knox County. So far, the subject who was described as being a black female in her twenties has not been caught.
The victim only had $5 in cash in her purse at the time of the theft.
Source:
MPD Incident Report #15-18377