{"id":622578,"date":"2026-04-23T04:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/622578\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:48:23","slug":"man-wanted-wallet-bank-cards-stolen-and-used-in-etobicoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/622578\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted wallet, bank cards stolen and used in Etobicoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto police are searching for a man who allegedly stole a person\u2019s wallet and another\u2019s bank cards and made withdrawals from their bank account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The first incident happened on Nov. 29, 2025 when the victim attended a financial institution in central Etobicoke, near The East Mall and Burnhamthorpe Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators say a man walked closely to a male and stole their wallet from his pocket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The suspect was last seen walking northbound on The East Mall, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The second incident occurred on Jan. 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say the same suspect approached another person in a parking lot near Dundas Street West and Burnhamthorpe Road and told them that there was a problem with their car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Once out of their vehicle, the suspect removed the victim\u2019s bank cards from the car. He then allegedly attended a financial institution in the area and made withdrawals from the victim\u2019s bank account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The suspect is described as a male, 50 to 70 years-old, and five-foot-nine to five-foot-10 with a white beard. He was last seen a dark jacket and sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This theft and fraud investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police are searching for a man who allegedly stole a person\u2019s wallet and another\u2019s bank cards and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-622578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622578","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=622578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}