Woman Pushed to Ground, Purse Snatched at Jacksonville Aldi; Police Seek Tips

A woman was pushed to the ground and had her purse taken in the Aldi parking lot at 329 E. Morton Ave. in Jacksonville, Morgan County, around 6:28 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, 2026, according to a police-report summary republished by the Journal‑Courier via NewsBreak. Authorities have not announced any arrests and are asking the public for information.

“The woman told police she was in the parking lot at Aldi, 329 E. Morton Ave., about 6:28 p.m. Sunday when a man approached her, pushed her down,” reads the MyJournalCourier excerpt of the victim’s statement to officers; that account ends in the supplied report and does not list a suspect description. A Facebook post circulating in the hours after the incident said, “Police are looking for a man who ran off with a woman's purse after shoving her to the ground in a Jacksonville parking lot.”

Journal‑Courier and MyJournalCourier accounts provide the most specific scene details available for the Morgan County case: the exact store address and approximate time of the attack. Neither outlet’s excerpts supplied to this newsroom included a suspect name, description, vehicle information, whether the victim was injured, or whether property was recovered, and no police tip line or press release was provided in the material reviewed.

Because social-media posts have repeated the incident, investigators from the Jacksonville area are asking anyone with information to contact local police. The Journal‑Courier report is based on a police-report summary; this newsroom has requested the full Jacksonville police report to confirm suspect descriptions, surveillance availability at the 329 E. Morton Ave. Aldi, and whether charges will be sought.

A separate, unrelated purse-snatching case from Jacksonville, Florida, is sometimes conflated online. That 2017 News4Jax report named two arrests — Kristopher Patterson, 29, and Amy Swords, 30 — and said each faced one count of robbery after a victim leaving a Starbucks near the St. Johns Town Center had a purse taken and the suspects were arrested minutes later at a nearby fast-food restaurant. The 2017 Florida arrests are not connected to the March 3 incident at the Aldi parking lot in Jacksonville, Morgan County.

Investigators have not released a suspect photo or further details for the Aldi case; the Journal‑Courier-derived report and social-media posts indicate the investigation remains active and police are seeking tips.