Guelph police say a woman is facing charges in connection to a puppy scam and two break-ins at her elderly neighbour’s apartment.
Officers arrested the 27-year-old on Thursday, three months after the first reported break-in.
Police said the elderly victim returned to her apartment in late January after several days in the hospital due to a fall, only to discover her home had been ransacked.
“Items including her television and wallet were missing,” police said in a news release. “More than $400 was later charged to the victim’s credit cards at various locations.”
The service said surveillance video shows the neighbour walking back from the victim’s ground floor balcony with a television and other items in the middle of the night.
Police also allege that on March 7, the woman broke in again while the victim slept.
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“The female was caught on video entering the victim’s balcony and going inside,” police said. “The victim’s wallet was stolen and later that day, almost $700 was charged to her credit card.”
Amid the break-ins, the suspect allegedly ran an online puppy scam.
Police said a Burlington woman called police on March 29 after responding to an advertisement for Boston Terriers and e-transferring $1,000, only to have the seller stop responding to her messages.
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Officers took the woman into custody on Thursday in connection to the puppy scam and then charged her with the break-ins as well.
Charges include two counts of break and enter, two counts of using a stolen credit card, fraud and failing to comply with a release order.
She has yet to be identified by Guelph police and remains in custody, with a bail hearing scheduled for Friday.
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