NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service is seeking public assistance in identifying the suspect involved in the following incident.
On Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, a female suspect entered a local grocery store in Timmins and stole an elderly female person's purse from her cart.
A screenshot of the suspect was obtained from the surveillance cameras.
To date, efforts to identify the suspect have been unsuccessful.
The suspect fled without being noticed but was the offence was captured on the store’s video surveillance footage.
The purse in question is described as being black in colour and contained all of the victim's personal documents and keys.
Anyone with pertinent information is asked to contact the Timmins Police at 705-264-1201 citing incident #TI21023257 or by making use of the Crime Stopper tip line at 1-800-222-8477 or by means of www.p3tips.com
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