Rome Police are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying an individual believed to have been responsible for stealing a Shriner’s collection bucket from the West Rome Wal-Mart.

According to authorities – the collection bucket was set up at the garden entrance to the store last Saturday (September 14th) afternoon when the suspect grabbed the bucket and ran; the subject is a slender white male who was wearing a purple hat and a purple shirt.  The man fled the area in a dark-colored Mazda RX-7.

Inside that bucket were the Shriner’s house and vehicle keys, along with about $100 in donations to the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children.