Vancouver \u2013 Vancouver Police are investigating a distraction theft after a 76-year-old woman was targeted by a stranger near East 11th Avenue and Victoria Drive on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The senior was waiting for family members around 12:30 p.m. when she was approached by a woman who said she looked like her mother. The woman hugged her, saying it was her mothers\u2019 birthday.<\/p>\n
During the encounter, the suspect allegedly removed the victim\u2019s gold necklace and replaced it with another necklace without the victim\u2019s knowledge. About 30 minutes later, the senior discovered her necklace, which had two gold rings attached to it, was missing.<\/p>\n
The female suspect is described as white, with olive skin, in her mid-30s, with a round face and short dark hair.<\/p>\n
A male suspect believed to have been driving the vehicle is described as white, with olive skin, in his mid-30s, with short dark hair and no facial hair.<\/p>\n
The suspect vehicle is described as a dark green four-door sedan.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice are urging community members with elderly relatives to make sure their loved ones are aware these thefts are occurring, and to take steps to protect themselves,\u201d says Constable Megan Lui. \u201cKeep valuable jewelry hidden under clothing and do not let strangers approach you, even if they seem friendly and are offering gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone with information, dashcam footage, or home security video from the area of East 11th Avenue and Victoria Drive between 12:15 p.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday is asked to call the Vancouver Police Department.<\/p>\n
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VPD File # 2026-126407<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver \u2013 Vancouver Police are investigating a distraction theft after a 76-year-old woman was targeted by a stranger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-803977","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\/803977","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=803977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}