Following two reported purse thefts at Woodman's Food Market East, a Madison woman was the victim of a drive-by purse snatching at the market's Westside location Saturday.
The 44-year-old had her purse in a grocery cart while loading her groceries into the car, according to the police incident report.
""A woman, who was following a red van, saw an arm pop out of the van's window and snap-up the [victim's] purse,"" Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.
The witness attempted to follow the van, but it jumped a curb and sped-off ""like a bat out of hell,"" police said.
The van is said to be ""dirty, brick red"" and has rear windows. On the side of the van there was script-style writing, which read ""Anderson's"" along with a statement below that and a phone number, police said.
