ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN ARE BEING WARNED TO HANG ONTO THEIR PURSES AND LOCK THEIR CARS WHEN THEY FILL THEIR TANKS AT LOCAL GAS STATIONS. APD REPORTS THIEVES ARE SWIPING PURSES OUT OF VEHICLES LEFT UNLOCKED WHEN WOMEN GO INSIDE TO PAY FOR GAS. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ SAYS IT'S A NATIONWIDE TREND CALLED 'SLIDING' … AND SOMETIMES THIEVES BREAK A WINDOW TO GET TO A PURSE.
MARTINEZ SAYS THEY HAVE VIDEO FROM ONE GAS STATION OF A MAN CIRCLING THE GAS PUMPS IN A GREEN AND SILVER VAN … THEN OPENING A CAR DOOR AND STEALING A PURSE. THREE THEFTS HAVE OCCURRED SO FAR AT VALERO GAS ON BRIDGE SOUTHWEST … THE SMITH'S STATION AT 111 COORS … AND AT 141 98TH STREET SOUTHWEST.
