Police say bystanders helped to apprehend a 33-year-old Hamilton man who allegedly stole a woman’s purse at a bingo hall on Monday night.
In the incident report, officers say they arrested a suspect around 9 p.m. after he was allegedly seen pinching a 73-year-old woman’s purse from “beside her on her walker” during a game at Princess Bingo on Fennell Avenue East.
According to investigators, a woman “screamed” when she saw the man take the purse from the alleged victim, which prompted some observers to chase him from Princess Bingo to an area a few blocks east of 13th Street North.
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The witnesses who caught up to the suspect reportedly stopped him from jumping a fence and held him until officers arrived, according to police.
The unnamed suspect was arrested and charged with theft under $5,000 and possession of stolen property under $5,000.
Police say officers later learned the suspect was wanted on an outstanding warrant after allegedly failing to attend court for a dangerous driving charge in 2018.
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Anyone with further information, or who may have witnessed the alleged theft, is asked to call Hamilton police at 905-546-3886.
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