A man accused of stealing the wallet of an 85-year-old veteran Tuesday turned himself in after surveillance images were released that led to his identification, police said.Matthew Siwik, 37, of Goffstown, is charged with felony theft. Police said surveillance photos from a 7-Eleven on South Main Street in Manchester led to Siwik's identification when people called police after seeing the photos on social media.Police said it appears Siwik was casing the parking lot, something the victim noticed Tuesday afternoon as he was leaving the store with his groceries. "He said that when he was walking out to his car, he did see a silver, older-model Volkswagen that was slowly going through the parking lot between the rows of cars," said police spokeswoman Heather Hamel.When the victim turned for a second, Siwik struck, ripping his wallet away, police said. Police posted the information on social media and, within minutes, had the name of the suspect."People were very disturbed by this, and they wanted this man brought to justice," Hamel said.Inside the wallet was a bank card that Siwik unsuccessfully tried to use at two 7-Elevens, police said. The wallet was eventually recovered at the Queen City Avenue store and returned to the victim, police said. Siwik turned himself in Wednesday and is scheduled to be in Hillsborough County Superior Court on Sept. 26.

A man accused of stealing the wallet of an 85-year-old veteran Tuesday turned himself in after surveillance images were released that led to his identification, police said.

Matthew Siwik, 37, of Goffstown, is charged with felony theft. Police said surveillance photos from a 7-Eleven on South Main Street in Manchester led to Siwik's identification when people called police after seeing the photos on social media.


Police said it appears Siwik was casing the parking lot, something the victim noticed Tuesday afternoon as he was leaving the store with his groceries.

"He said that when he was walking out to his car, he did see a silver, older-model Volkswagen that was slowly going through the parking lot between the rows of cars," said police spokeswoman Heather Hamel.

When the victim turned for a second, Siwik struck, ripping his wallet away, police said. Police posted the information on social media and, within minutes, had the name of the suspect.

"People were very disturbed by this, and they wanted this man brought to justice," Hamel said.

Inside the wallet was a bank card that Siwik unsuccessfully tried to use at two 7-Elevens, police said. The wallet was eventually recovered at the Queen City Avenue store and returned to the victim, police said.

Siwik turned himself in Wednesday and is scheduled to be in Hillsborough County Superior Court on Sept. 26.