WAYNE -- Police released photographs today of a woman they say stole a wallet that had been mistakenly left in a store.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying the woman who scooped-up the wallet from the Dollar Kraze store in Brentwood Plaza, 1625 Route 23 South, on Dec. 9.

Police said the owner of the wallet inadvertently left the wallet behind in the store about 10:20 a.m.

Another woman in the store saw the wallet and took it, telling a store employee that it belonged to a friend and she was going to return, police said. They said the wallet was never returned.

The alleged thief is described as between 30 and 50 years old, with dirty blond hair and wearing a plain green sweatshirt, dark wash jeans, black sunglasses and possibly UGG boots, police said.

Authorities say the woman had previously been seen frequenting the Brentwood Plaza shops and may live locally.

Police ask anyone who can help to identify this woman to call Wayne Police Detective Michael O'Rourke at (973) 633-3537.

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