FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Multiple thefts from cars have taken place at Fort Wayne gas stations in the last month, and police say the same people may be responsible.

The thefts have taken place over the course of the last three to four weeks in September. All of the victims are females that are pumping gas and the suspects are taking their purses or wallets from their unlocked vehicles. 

Fort Wayne police say that an older black male is a common suspect with these thefts, and a thin white male was also an accomplice at least one time. The suspects try to distract the victim while the purse or wallet is taken. 

Police are asking you to be cautious at the pump. 

Here is where the thefts occurred:

3220 Anthony Blvd N, 09/07/15, 4:30 p.m.
Location: Wendy’s / BP Gas station lot
Unlocked. Loss: purse + contents. (purse recovered at Delaware & Florida shortly afterwards)
Suspect: m/w/30-39; looked like a “meth addict”; (he asked for diretions).
Suspect2: m/b/47-50 (driver + person that took the purse).
Suspect vehicle: dark sedan.

7008 Bluffton Rd, 09/20/15, 9:00 p.m.
Location: Kroger Gas Station.
Unlocked. Loss: wallet (on front seat); vehicle occupied by c/p’s two small children.
Suspect: m/b, 5-06, bald head
Suspect vehicle: gold Ford Taurus.
The suspect had parked next to the victim’s vehicle while she was pumping gasoline and then walked up to the victim’s vehicle and removed the wallet.

6736 Lima Rd, 09/28/15, 4:55 p.m.
Location: Sam’s Club gas station.
Loss: purse, cash, credit cards.
Susp1: m/b,5-10, stocky, glasses, ball cap; he removed the purse from the car.
Susp2: m/w, tall, thin; neck tattoos; he asked for directions to Highway 30 (the distractor).
Suspect vehicle: gold Ford Taurus.

7502 Southtown Crossing, 09/30/15, 4:20 p.m.
Location: Murphy Gas station.
Unlocked. Loss: purse, cash, credit cards, cell phone.
Suspect: m/b with glasses (older, maybe 50)
Suspect vehicle: 4-dr vehicle.
The suspect walked up by the c/p’s vehicle and told her that he dropped something; he bent over by her car and then returned to his vehicle. The victim finished pumping gas and then realized that her purse was missing from her front seat.