Police say they’ve arrested a Guelph man after money was stolen from an unconscious woman.
Last November, an ambulance was called to help a woman who passed out on a bench inside Old Quebec Street Shoppes.
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When she woke up, she told investigators that cash had been stolen from her belongings.
Surveillance video reportedly showed a man sitting beside her and pretending to help, while reaching into her plastic shopping bag and taking out an envelope with $300 inside.
Investigators found and arrested the man in the downtown on Thursday.
A 33-year-old will appear in court on Feb. 27.
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