FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 3:25pm
(Ottawa) –The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is investigating a residential robbery in the 100 block of Charlotte Street on March 31, 2018 at approx. 7:00pm.
Two suspects (one female and one male) entered a man’s apartment and assaulted him. The suspects stole various items from the victim’s apartment including jewelry, cash and credit cards.
The 62 year old male victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and he was treated in hospital.
The male suspect is described as Caucasian, 23 to 30 years old, medium/muscular build and English speaking. He was wearing a black sweater with a hood up, sunglasses, light coloured baseball hat, dark coloured pants, and black Adidas running shoes.
The female suspect is described as Caucasian, 23 to 30 years old, and English speaking. It is believed that she is taller than the male suspect. She was wearing a black hoodie with a large green letters “FOX” on the front, white baseball hat and dark coloured pants and shoes.
On Thursday, April 5th, the stolen credit card was used at a gas station in the 300 block of Stewart Street in Brockville by a male suspect of similar description as the March 31st robbery (see pictures).
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or by downloading the Ottawa Police app.
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