{"id":790722,"date":"2026-07-09T14:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/790722\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:52:12","slug":"update-another-senior-targeted-in-distraction-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/790722\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Another senior targeted in distraction theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdate: Another senior targeted in distraction theft\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver \u2013 The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is appealing for a potential witness whose Tesla may have recorded video of a senior targeted in a distraction theft on June 23.<\/p>\n<p>The VPD issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/vpd.ca\/news\/2026\/06\/24\/another-senior-targeted-in-distraction-theft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">release<\/a> about the distraction theft of the 73-year-old woman whose necklace was stolen in the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-60450 alignright\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Missing-Necklace--300x209.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\"  data- data-orig-\/>Investigators canvassed for CCTV at the scene. After reviewing that footage, investigators believe a grey Tesla in the 500-block of Lillooet Street between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. on June 23 may have recorded additional video that could help the case. It\u2019s possible the driver may also have witnessed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we\u2019ve seen a number of cases like this in recent months in which elderly people are targeted, and their precious family heirlooms stolen,\u201d says Constable Megan Lui. \u201cThese are vulnerable victims just out and about living their lives. We want to be able to retrieve this jewelry and return it to its rightful owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call 604-717-3321 to speak with investigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update: Another senior targeted in distraction theft \u00a0 \u00a0 Vancouver \u2013 The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is appealing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-790722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790722","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=790722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}