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VIDEO: Man Displays 'Police-Type' Badge, Steals Woman's Purse In Cobbs Creek

By Steve Beck

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who was caught on tape displaying a "police-type" badge and then stealing a female's purse.

The incident happened at about 7:25 p.m. on April 17th near 52nd Street and Cedar Avenue in the city's Cobbs Creek section.

Surveillance video shows the suspect approaching a 36-year-old female on the street. According to investigators, the suspect displayed a "police-type" badge and told the female to drop her bag on the ground.

WATCH: Surveillance Video

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The suspect then took the bag off the woman's shoulder and began to run away and the female victim chased after him.

The suspect then jumped into a waiting car that sped off. The female held onto the car down the block before she eventually let go.

The first suspect is described as a black male, 5'8", with an athletic build. He was wearing a light gray-hooded sweatshirt with an orange shirt underneath, tan camouflage cargo pants, and a dark-colored baseball cap with a New York Yankees logo on the front.

The driver of the getaway car is described as a light-complected black male. The getaway car was a newer model dark-colored Nissan Altima.

Anyone with information is urged to call 911.

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