{"id":508694,"date":"2026-03-02T03:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508694\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T03:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:42:13","slug":"suspects-followed-victim-out-of-bank-stole-her-cash-toronto-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508694\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspects followed victim out of bank, stole her cash: Toronto police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto police are searching for three suspects who allegedly followed a female out of a bank in the city\u2019s west end then stole her money.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on Feb. 26 near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West.<\/p>\n

Police say they were called to that area for a theft call.<\/p>\n

They say the victim had attended a nearby bank and withdrew a large sum of money, placing it in the basket of her walker.<\/p>\n

The suspects then allegedly followed the victim to a nearby fast food restaurant.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the first and third suspects then distracted the victim by sitting nearby and engaging in conversation while blocking her view.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the distraction, Suspect Two stole the victim\u2019s recently withdrawn money,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

All three suspects then fled the area with the victim\u2019s property.<\/p>\n

\"\"Suspect 2 and 1 Feb. 26 theft west Toronto Photos of Suspects 2 and 1, who are wanted in connection with a theft investigation in Toronto’s west end on Feb. 26. (TPS photos) <\/p>\n

The first suspect is described as a male, who was last seen wearing a green\/gray scarf over his face, a green tartan hat, a black winter coat, dark pants, and dark shoes.<\/p>\n

The second is a female, who was last seen wearing a black winter jacket, a scarf over her face, and brown leg warmers.<\/p>\n

The third suspect is also a female, who wore a black long puffer coat, a gray knit hat, tan boots, a medical mask, and a dark cross body purse.<\/p>\n

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-1300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police are searching for three suspects who allegedly followed a female out of a bank in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[712,49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-508694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}