NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE
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South Simcoe Police Service have laid a total of 26 charges against two GTA women following a shoplifting incident at the Tanger Outlets in Innisfil.
On Nov. 2, 2019 around 9 p.m.,South Simcoe Police Service officers responded to Tanger Outlets Cookstown on Highway 89 after a loss prevention officer reported the theft of a large quantity of clothes.
The loss prevention officer had attempted to arrest two suspects who resisted and managed to escape in a vehicle. Acting on information from the scene, police subsequently stopped the suspect vehicle on Highway 400 at Canal Road in Bradford.
Two women in the vehicle were arrested without incident. A large quantity of clothes valued at several thousand dollars from numerous stores at Tanger Outlets was recovered in addition to clothing that belonged to stores not at the mall. A large quantity of decorative jewelry was also located from an unknown store. Police seized tools used to thwart security measures on merchandise.
As a result of investigation, a 54-year-old Mississauga woman and 38-year-old North York woman are facing a total of 26 charges:
- 10 counts of theft
- 10 counts of possession of property obtained by crime
- 2 counts of Resist Arrest
- 2 counts of Escape Lawful Custody
- 2 counts of Mischief to Property
The accused were released with future court dates.
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