Man on Bike Accused of Stealing Purse

Sedalia Police were called to the 1200 block of East 4th Street on Sunday after receiving a report of a man on a bicycle stealing a woman's purse. 

According to Sedalia Police, the caller claimed that an unknown man, described as a white male wearing jean shorts and a black shirt, rode up to her on a bicycle and took the purse off her arm while she was standing next to the road. The man reportedly then continued on his bike east on 4th to New York.

Police did not name a suspect in the case.