Police searching for suspects in two separate robberies
Posted February 7, 2010 1:55 pm.
This article is more than 5 years old.
Toronto Police say the first incident happened at a Downsview apartment, near Sheppard and Seeley Drive, around 9:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
The suspect, a woman believed to be in her late 20’s, knocked on the door and asked the elderly resident if she could use his phone.
Police say he let the woman in, she made the call, then attacked the man, stealing money from his wallet before she fled the scene.
Police say the victim was not hurt.
The second incident happened around the noon hour Saturday, in the parking lot of a Loblaws and the East Mall and Burhamthorpe Road.
Police say a man, believed to be in his early 20’s, walked up behind the elderly victim and held him up against his car, while taking his wallet.
Police are describing the woman as between five-feet-four and five-feet-six-inches tall, weighing 130 to 140 pounds with a medium build with brown eyes and short brown hair.
The male is described as a 20 to 25-year-old white man.
Police have not released any further description.
Anyone with any information can contact police 416-808-3100.
