Dhs Chief Kristi Noem's Purse Was Stolen Days After Similar Incident Just Blocks Away: Report

A female eating pinch her family precocious had her purse stolen successful downtown Washington, D.C., conscionable a fewer blocks distant from nan edifice wherever Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag was swiped, according to a report. 

The unfortunate told NBC News that she was eating astatine a edifice wrong nan Westin Hotel past Thursday and noticed that her purse was missing astir nan clip her family received nan check. A constabulary study cited that nan fishy snatched her container "from nan chair it was hanging on," nan web added. 

Three days later, Noem’s purse, which contained $3,000 successful rate arsenic good arsenic individual documents, including her passport, keys, driver's licence and a DHS badge, was stolen astatine The Capital Burger, a edifice located little than a 4th mile away. 

In some incidents, nan fishy was identified arsenic a White antheral wearing acheronian clothing, a acheronian shot chapeau and a N95 mask, NBC News reported, citing nan unfortunate of nan Westin theft and 2 sources acquainted pinch surveillance footage viewed by law enforcement in the Noem case. 

DHS CHIEF KRISTI NOEM’S PURSE STOLEN WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DC RESTAURANT: SOURCES 

Secretary Kristi Noem attends a gathering pinch President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, successful nan Oval Office of nan White House connected April 14. (Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"I’m shocked astatine nan similarity of nan crime," nan unfortunate of nan Westin incident told NBC News. 

It’s unclear if nan 2 incidents are connected, but nan unfortunate besides said constabulary contacted her Tuesday, mentioned nan Noem lawsuit and asked if she herself was progressive successful authorities – she is not.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's purse was stolen conscionable a fewer blocks distant from wherever a akin theft happened past Thursday, a study said. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images | Fox News Digital)

A Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday that nan agency cannot remark connected nan Noem theft because it is not starring nan investigation. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watches a conveyance scan during a circuit of nan San Ysidro Port of Entry, successful San Diego, California, connected March 16. (Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters)

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In nan Noem incident, "Her full family was successful municipality including her children and grandchildren" and she was utilizing nan rate successful her purse "to dainty her family to dinner, activities, and Easter gifts," a Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News. 

Fox News Digital’s Cameron Arcand contributed to this report.