DILWORTH – A Fargo woman is charged in Clay County District Court with stealing the purse of a loss prevention officer trainee at the Dilworth Wal-Mart store.

According to court documents:

The incident happened on Aug. 4, 2015, after a woman who was training to be a loss-prevention officer left a bottle of water and her purse in a shopping cart outside the door of the loss prevention office.

When the trainee came out of the office about 15 to 30 seconds later, the shopping cart and other items were gone.

By using a surveillance camera, security personnel quickly spotted a female suspect and confronted her.

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The suspect, identified in a court complaint as Elizabeth Emma Jane Taylor, 54, immediately returned the trainee's purse. But an estimated $900 that had been in the purse was no longer there.

Taylor initially stated she didn't seen any money, but later took $875 from her pants pocket and gave it to the trainee.

A review of surveillance video showed that after the trainee parked her shopping cart in front of the loss prevention office, an older male in a motorized cart pointed to the shopping cart and moments later Taylor entered the camera's view and took the shopping cart.