Police Release Photo in Theft from Vehicle, Identity Theft Case

A case of theft of a purse, credit cards and personal checks from a vehicle parked in Carderock Park in Bethesda in January may be one step closer to being solved.

U.S. Park Police on Monday released a security camera photo of a man and a woman wanted for questioning regarding the theft from the vehicle, which was parked around 10 a.m. Jan. 19 in the park's north parking lot, according to police.

The owner of the vehicle discovered her purse was missing, according to police, who found neither obvious signs of forced entry nor fingerprints. The personal checks were cashed at a drive-through teller at the Capital One Bank at Minstrel Crossing in Columbia.

The photo (accompanying this post), taken at the bank, shows the suspects—a white male in the driver's seat and a white female in the passenger's seat, park police said. They are wanted for questioning regarding the theft of the purse, cards and checks, and identity theft, according to park police.

Police are asking that anyone who comes in contact with or recognizes the person most visible in the photograph to contact Det. Monique Pettett, at 202-610-8739, or the U.S. Park Police tip line at 202-610-8737, referencing USPP Case No. 13-00028.