Bainbridge blotter | After the money’s gone

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

3:41 p.m. A purse was taken from a bench outside a downtown Winslow restaurant, only to be returned about 45 minutes later — minus about $100 in cash.

A 62-year-old Seattle woman called police to report she’d lost her purse near the restaurant. She said she’d been sitting on a bench nearby, where she’d set down her purse. The woman and her daughter eventually got up and walked away before she quickly realized she’d forgotten her purse, but upon doubling back found it gone.

Police searched the area but did not find it.

While they were looking, an employee of a nearby store called 911 to report someone had turned in a purse of similar description. She said a man had brought it in, claiming he found it nearby.

The employee could not describe the man other than to say he was young, probably in his 20s.

Nothing was missing from inside the purse other than the cash.

There are no suspects.

A report was filed.