Visually impaired man robbed in daylight
Posted May 10, 2014 3:21 pm.
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Police are looking for a suspect in a brazen daylight robbery in a Scarborough park.
The suspect approached a visually impaired 63-year-old man from behind, yanking the chain from around the man’s neck, and fleeing.
The robbery occurred on Monday around 5 p.m. on Bridletowne Circle, in the Warden Avenue and Finch Avenue East area.
Police describe the suspect as black, dark-skinned, 18 to 25 years old, five-foot-eight to six feet tall. He was wearing dark pants, a dark vest and a dark-coloured Adidas hoodie with a white Adidas symbol on the back of the hood. The suspect was also wearing white shoes with dark soles.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-4206 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS.
