Thief Makes Off With Poppy Donation Box
Posted November 13, 2009 10:21 pm.
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Police are searching for yet another suspect who went after the money in a poppy donation box.
It happened around 2:40pm on Wednesday at a coffee shop near Kipling Avenue and Birmingham Street, just north of Lake Shore Boulevard West.
The bandit was caught on surveillance video stuffing the box into a plastic bag while the clerk was distracted.
The suspect is a middle-aged white man, about 5’5” to 5’8” with a thin build and unkempt, shoulder-length brown hair.
He was last seen wearing jeans, a black and blue windbreaker and a black baseball cap with white writing on the front.
If you can help, call police at 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
