The one who stole Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse containing $3,000 in money over the weekend was sporting a medical masks and snatched the bag from beneath her chair, officers mentioned.
“She may really feel this individual as they snatched her bag, however thought they had been her grandchildren enjoying till realizing a minute later that her bag was gone,” mentioned Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Division of Homeland Safety. “Her bag was below her toes and the perpetrator hooked the bag along with his foot and dragged it throughout the ground and put a coat over it and took it.”
The theft occurred on Sunday evening at a restaurant in Washington the place Ms. Noem was having dinner along with her household. The purse additionally held Ms. Noem’s driver’s license, treatment, condominium keys and clean checks.
Requested why Ms. Noem was carrying a lot money, Ms. McLaughlin mentioned: “Her total household was on the town together with her youngsters and grandchildren. She was utilizing the withdrawal to deal with her household to dinner, actions and Easter presents.”
Ms. Noem runs a division that’s accountable for the nation’s safety, together with border management and immigration and terrorism safety.