HOUSTON – Houston police are trying to find the people responsible for a number of robberies in the Houston area.
On July 11 around 1:30 p.m., a woman parked her vehicle in a parking lot at 7001 Long Drive in southeast Houston. When the woman got out of her vehicle to assist her child with the seat belt, a black Honda Accord pulled behind her and a man got out of the rear passenger-side door. The man opened the driver's-side door and took the woman's purse, police said. The man then got back inside the Accord and left the scene.
On the same day, about 30 minutes later, police said a woman parked her vehicle at 10632 Kingspoint Road, also in southeast Houston, after getting a money order from a check-cashing business near Monroe Boulevard and I-45. The woman went into a nail salon for a few minutes and then returned to her vehicle. When she was getting into her vehicle, a black Honda Accord pulled up behind her and a man got out of the rear passenger-side door. The man approached her vehicle, broke a window and forcibly took her purse, according to police. The man then got back inside the Accord and left the scene.
The man who is seen on surveillance video is described as black, about 20-25 years old, about 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 130-150 pounds and has a small build and was wearing a green hoodie.
WATCH: HPD bank jugging surveillance video - 7001 Long at 1:30 p.m.
Police say these incidents show how bank jugging suspects work together. In the surveillance video, you can see a white SUV pull into the parking lot at the same time as the Accord. They wait as the victim returns to her vehicle and then attack, according to police.
The same people are believed to be responsible for three other robberies, two of which happened on the same day as the ones described above:
- July 11 at 12:15 p.m. at 1300 Gessner Road
- July 11 at 3:27 p.m. at 6000 Scott Street
- July 12 at 12:47 p.m. at 9700 Bellaire Blvd.
