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In Worcester County, police in Sturbridge received a report on Thursday, March 24 of a suspicious Volkswagen GTI that allegedly stole the part from a car at Walmart on Charlton Road in broad daylight.
According to investigators from the Sturbridge Police Department, the Volkswagen entered the parking lot from the driveway closest to the Stop & Shop at 4:01 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.
Police said that two suspects - believed to be male - wearing dark-colored clothing exited the Volkswagen and stole the catalytic converter from a Honda Accord that was parked between the front entrance and garden center of Walmart.
The suspects were then seen fleeing the area at 4:08 p.m. leaving the same way they entered the parking lot in the direction of Stop & Shop.
Investigators said that there were multiple witnesses seen in the area on surveillance video of the parking lot.
Anyone who was in the area of Walmart or Stop & Shop around the time of the theft has been advised to contact officer Paul Janson at the Sturbridge Police Department by emailing paul.janson@sturbridgepd.com or headquarters at (508) 347-2525.
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