Maidenhead & Windsor

Maidenhead Police are hunting a young woman who snatched a mobile phone from a teenage boy as he walked in a park in Maidenhead.

At about 5.45pm on Friday 24 March, a 16-year-old boy was walking with his friend in Oaken Grove park, Maidenhead when a young woman called out to them.

The boys stopped and the woman spoke to them. She asked the 16-year-old to show her a mobile phone that was in his pocket, but when he did so, she grabbed it and ran off.

The thief was a white woman aged about 18, 5ft 6ins, slim with a round face, prominent eyes, pale spotty complexion and dark-brown shoulder-length straight hair. She was wearing a waist-length Puffa-style jacket, cropped jeans and trainers, and had a chunky white-metal chain round her neck. She also had a golden retriever dog with her.

The stolen phone was a silver Nokia 6630.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or who recognises the above description, is asked to contact the investigating officer, PC Cora Clouden, on 0845 8 505 505. If you don’t want to speak to police or give your name, please call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

Thames Valley Police ~ Maidenhead