STEETON residents have been alarmed by an attempted theft as a woman walked along Station Road last night.
A man allegedly tried to grab the woman’s bag at 8pm near the Steeton Court entrance as she walked to work from the nearby railway station.
Witnesses relating the dramatic incident on Facebook said the assailant sped off in a black car in the direction of the Steeton Top traffic lights.
Keighley police today confirmed there had been an attempted theft in Steeton around 8pm last night and said the suspect had been described simply as “male”.
The case has been allocated to CID to investigate.
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