Omaha woman asking for public's help after purse is stolen at bar

An Omaha woman is asking for the public's help after her purse was stolen from a local bar. Surveillance cameras caught the crooks right in the act.Eric Perquin, the owner of Aussies, said he caught them red-handed, stealing the purse of his longtime customer.Erin Prince made a trip to Aussies, where she's been a regular for the past 20 years."I stop up there at least once a week," Prince said. "And I know everyone there."Prince said she placed her bag on a table, turned her back for less than a minute and then it was gone."It was pretty bold," Perquin said.The surveillance camera captured a woman sticking the purse under her jacket before darting from the bar. "It's cost me a few hundred dollars to get everything back, and they got what? A total of $7?" Prince asked. "My father passed away two years ago and I have pictures in my phone from four or five years ago, so that's what hurts the most."Prince said she can only hope someone will do the right thing."I had a lot of good pictures of him, on holidays and special occasions, and I can't get that back," Prince said.

An Omaha woman is asking for the public's help after her purse was stolen from a local bar. Surveillance cameras caught the crooks right in the act.

Eric Perquin, the owner of Aussies, said he caught them red-handed, stealing the purse of his longtime customer.


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Erin Prince made a trip to Aussies, where she's been a regular for the past 20 years.

"I stop up there at least once a week," Prince said. "And I know everyone there."



Prince said she placed her bag on a table, turned her back for less than a minute and then it was gone.

"It was pretty bold," Perquin said.



The surveillance camera captured a woman sticking the purse under her jacket before darting from the bar.

"It's cost me a few hundred dollars to get everything back, and they got what? A total of $7?" Prince asked. "My father passed away two years ago and I have pictures in my phone from four or five years ago, so that's what hurts the most."

Prince said she can only hope someone will do the right thing.

"I had a lot of good pictures of him, on holidays and special occasions, and I can't get that back," Prince said.