{"id":788676,"date":"2026-07-08T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788676\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:33:12","slug":"elderly-woman-robbed-in-mississauga-distraction-theft-peel-police-seek-two-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788676\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly woman robbed in Mississauga distraction theft; Peel Police seek two suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elderly<\/p>\n

Peel Regional Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects after an elderly woman was targeted in a distraction theft in Mississauga.<\/p>\n

Police say the incident occurred around 4:20 p.m. on June 26 near Garnetwood Chase and Rathburn Road East. The victim was approached by a woman who got out of the front passenger seat of a newer blue Kia Sportage without licence plates.<\/p>\n

Investigators allege the female suspect repeatedly asked if the woman was okay before placing a fake gold chain around her neck. When the victim resisted and tried to call for help, a struggle followed. A male suspect, believed to be the driver, briefly covered the victim’s mouth while the pair stole her 18-karat gold necklace and pendant, valued at about $3,500.<\/p>\n

The suspects fled westbound on Rathburn Road East in the blue Kia. The female suspect is described as being between 40 and 50 years old, with a medium build, black hair, a colourful headscarf and a long black skirt. The victim told police the suspect spoke a mix of Croatian and English. No description of the male suspect has been released.<\/p>\n

Police are reminding residents to be cautious of strangers offering assistance, gifts or jewellery, as distraction thefts are often used to steal valuables.<\/p>\n

Investigators are seeking witnesses and anyone with surveillance or dashcam footage recorded in the area between 3:45 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on June 26.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators with the 12 Division CIB at 905-453-2121 ext. 1233.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel Regional Police are asking for the public’s help to identify two suspects after an elderly woman was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-788676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788676","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=788676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}