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Police seek woman wanted after robbery reported in Toronto

Toronto Police Superintendent Steve Watts of the Organized Crime Enforcement unit, listens during a press conference announcing new gun control laws, in Toronto on August 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Police are seeking to identify a woman wanted in connection with a robbery in Toronto.

Toronto police said on Jan. 29, at around 2 p.m., officers received a report of a robbery in the Danforth Avenue and Broadview Avenue area.

Police said a woman entered a store and allegedly began shoplifting.

Officers said an employee asked the woman to return the items and leave the store.

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Police allege the woman then assaulted the employee and fled the area.

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Officers are now searching for a woman standing five-feet tall with a slim build. She was last seen wearing a black toque, a black puffy jacket, light blue jeans and black Puma shoes.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.

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