The Stafford Township Police Department issued an alert on social media last week about recent reports of so-called distract-and-grab thefts in the area. Police urged the public to be aware of surroundings and to be educated about how not to become a victim.

Distract-and-grab is a method of crime targeting shoppers or lone victims, often in a grocery, retail store or parking lot of a bank or plaza, whereby thieves work together – one causes a distraction, perhaps a conversation or question,…