Woman Knocked Down Near Target in Money Bag-Snatching at the Mall

La Mesa police are looking for a young man who knocked down a 49-year-old woman early Thursday afternoon near the Target store at Grossmont Center and took a bag containing an undisclosed amount of money.

About 1:15 p.m., said a news release, “a man knocked a woman down and took her deposit bag [with checks and cash]. … The suspect was described as a black male, 20 years old, muscular build wearing a white do rag, a white T-shirt and jeans.”

The thief was driven from the scene in a white Nissan Xterra by a heavyset black female with long hair, police said. 

The victim suffered several abrasions and was taken to nearby Sharp Grossmont Hospital for evaluation.  The loss was the deposit bag and its contents.

Anyone with any information on the suspect is asked to call the La Mesa Police Department at 619-667-1400 or the Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477; you can also email or text anonymously at  sdcrimestoppers.com.  Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 to anyone with information that leads to a felony arrest.