PICKERING, Ont. – Police are searching for a man who they say defrauded two senior citizens in separate incidents east of Toronto over the past two months.
Durham regional police say a 66-year-old man was pushing a shopping cart to his car outside a supermarket in Pickering, Ont., on June 16, when a man approached him holding up a $20 bill that he claimed the senior had dropped.
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Officers say the two men “fumbled” with the senior’s wallet as the suspect put the $20 bill inside it.
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They say the 66-year-old later found his bank card was missing and that cash had been withdrawn from his account.
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Police say they believe the suspect is one of two men who accused of committing a similar theft in Port Perry, Ont., in which an 83-year-old man found his wallet and car keys had been stolen after a younger man helped him put groceries in his car.
Officers describe the suspect as a white man in his 30s or 40s with dark hair and a beard
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