Jose Gonzalez said someone stole an $8,000 piece of roofing equipment from his 2004 Ford while it was parked at the Motel 6 on Williams Street.
He said the thief forced open his side door and took the Varimat V2 robot.
A video showed a vehicle pull beside the Ford at 6:30 a.m. and leave 10 minutes later. Some movement could be seen outside the vehicle.
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Carmela Burks said she was at the bus stop at the 900 block of Market Street. She was about to put her purse up when a white male grabbed it and ran off with it.
She said the man got on CARTA bus #4 and rode it to Bailey Avenue. He hopped off there and ran off with her purse.
It contained $30 plus credit and bank cards and other ID.
She said the thief is 5'8", 160 pounds with short blonde hair. He was carrying an Army fatigue bag.
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Personnel at TJ Maxx said two black females took multiple items of clothing into dressing rooms.
They were carrying "abnormally large purses."
The women then tried to leave.
A clerk pursued one woman who had her own huge purse along with a store purse she had taken in the spree. She dropped both purses and ran off. Her own purse had over $500 in clothing in it.
The other woman got away with her stolen goods.