Release posted on 10-27-21 at 1:27 p.m.

St. Petersburg police detectives are searching for a serial shoplifter responsible for taking items from a Publix Super Market on 66th Street North about a half dozen times since early August.

The shoplifter is described as a white woman, 20 to 30 years old with brown/strawberry blond hair and tattoos on her lower calves and ankles. She wore a white face mask and carried a beige purse.

She was seen getting into the passenger side of an older model silver Mercedes Benz SUV with a damaged rear bumper.

Anyone who has information about this investigation, please contact St. Petersburg Police Department at 727-893-7780 or text SPPD plus your tip to TIP411.