On October 15, 2016 at approximately 10:20 a.m. the Stafford Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting a larceny from a vehicle at the Washington Square Plaza Walmart. The caller stated a subject had stolen her purse from her vehicle while she was returning her shopping cart and left the scene in a red four-door Dodge Dart. A tag number was also given.

When Deputy M.L. Jacobeen arrived he spoke with the victim who advised she had finished her shopping and had put groceries into her vehicle. She had placed her purse on the driver’s seat leaving her door open while she returned her grocery cart. She then observed a white male take her purse and run to his vehicle which was parked a few spaces away. The victim chased after the suspect and reached his vehicle as he was getting inside. He pushed her away, entered his vehicle and left the parking lot at a high rate of speed. Other shoppers witnessed the incident and were interviewed by deputies.

A lookout was broadcast for the vehicle and suspect who had committed the larceny and assault. Approximately forty minutes later Deputy J.H. Truslow observed the vehicle pulling out of the Valero on Cambridge Street. He initiated a traffic stop and subsequently identified the driver. A search of the suspect recovered the victim’s credit card. A search of the vehicle produced a 49” television and a laptop computer that had been purchased earlier that day in the City of Fredericksburg, using the victim’s credit card. Other stolen purses as well as numerous syringes were found in the vehicle.

Matthew Peter Feigleson, age 34, of Kittredge Court in Woodbridge, Virginia, was charged with Assault and Battery, Credit Card Theft, Credit Card Fraud, Larceny or Theft–Third or Subsequent Offense, and Possession of Paraphernalia. He was transported to the Rappahannock Regional Jail and is incarcerated without bond.

The Fredericksburg Police Department also responded to the scene and provided a still image taken during a similar incident that recently occurred at the Central Park Walmart. Earlier in the week, another incident of purse stealing had occurred at the Washington Square Walmart and the physical description of that suspect matched the description provided by witnesses. The investigation is continuing.