Halifax Regional Police are looking for a suspect in a brazen daytime robbery in the city on Wednesday.
In a release, police said officers were called to a violent incident in the 3500 block of Claremont Street at around 11 a.m.
According to police, the female suspect went up from behind to a woman in her 60s, pushed her to the ground and then assaulted her.
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The suspect then took the woman’s wallet and fled on foot, running north on Claremont Street and crossing Connolly Street.
According to police, the suspect is a white woman with a slim build, about 25-years-old, with blonde hair in a short ponytail.
At the time of the robbery, she was wearing a white shirt, jeans, and a black mask over her face.
Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
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