Columbus police arrested a man they believe stole a purse from a vehicle in a store parking lot yesterday.

Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department, says police were called to a store in the 3000 block of North National Road at about 2:30 p.m. A man was seen allegedly taking the purse and then getting into a black minivan.

Police stopped the minivan and arrested 29-year-old Kurtis W. Gregory on a preliminary charge of theft.