CALGARY- Police have asked for the public’s help to try and find a woman wanted in connection with two attempted robberies, who used distraction theft techniques.
The first incident happened on August 9 around 6:30 p.m., when a 61-year-old woman was walking in the area of Silverado Way and Sheriff King St. S.W.
A woman approached her, and the victim indicated that she could not speak English. The suspect then kissed the woman on her cheeks, hugged her, placed a ring on her finger, then tried to put a necklace on her while removing the one the victim was already wearing.
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The victim managed to push the woman away, and the suspect then ran away into a waiting grey car with two men inside.
The suspect is described as white, 25 years old, 5’2” tall and about 110 pounds with black hair. She was wearing a long, multi-coloured skirt, short-sleeved shirt and had gold-capped incisor teeth.
Around 7 p.m. that same day, a 64-year-old woman was sitting on the front step of a home in the 100 block of Everhollow Street S.W. when a woman approached, trying to give her a gift. The victim, who was visiting from India and does not speak English, tried to refuse, but the woman put a ring and necklace on the step.
She then hugged the victim, and managed to remove her gold necklace before running away with it and the other jewelry. She ran to a waiting white car and drove away.
The suspect in that case is described as white, between 40 and 45-year-old, 160 pounds and 5’7” tall with brown, shoulder-length hair. She was wearing a long skirt and a T-shirt.
While the suspect descriptions in both cases differ, police believe the same woman in responsible.
Anyone with information is asked to call police or Crime Stoppers.
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