Salina Post
A 58-year old Salina woman had her personal belongings and vehicle stolen, which has been missing since January 11.
According to the Salina Police Department (SPD) the woman was shopping at Goodwill (2640 Planet Ave) in the afternoon on January 11. Reportedly, she lost track of her purse and later found it emptied out in one of the dressing rooms.
Missing from the purse were credit cards, phone, cash and car keys.
The victim then discovered her white 2019 Chevy Trax, KS Tag: 7676ADS was missing from the parking lot as well.
More details of the vehicle include:
- Kansas City Chiefs license plate frame on back of vehicle
- Indiana Fever WNBA logo on passenger-side back window.
- Yorkie sticker on driver-side back window.
- Damage to front grille.
Surveillance footage has been collected and revealed a male and female as the suspects. The female suspect was seen getting into the vehicle and driving off from the parking lot.
Tiffany Clinstman (58) is the victim and shared her comments.
Clinstman said she had her purse in the cart while she was shopping. She then could not find her purse in the cart after time passed. She then walked out of the store to her vehicle, to see if her purse was in there.
Afterwards, she spoke with the store manager to report of her missing purse.
"Management did a great job as they looked everywhere in the store," she said.
About 15 minutes later, she went to go check her car again and discovered it was gone.
At this time, almost everyone inside the store was searching for her purse. An individual then found her purse, but empty.
“Everyone was concerned and someone when into the changing room and found my purse emptied out," she said. "They took all of the stuff that was important."
Clintsman reported this immediately to SPD, but did not hear anything back until January 20. She left many voicemails and contacted the police department several times for any updates.
She said an officer told her the surveillance video from Goodwill had been tampered and SPD contacted the store to get untampered footage.
FLOCK cameras were reviewed and the vehicle was last seen at 2:15 pm on the 11th and no scans have been picked up since.
The positive identification of the suspects is still pending, with more video from Goodwill expected.
Clinstman has only had her phone recovered.
If you have any information regarding this incident, contact the non-emergency Salina PD number at: (785) 826-7210