Police said the latest incident happened on Friday in the same store around 6:45 p.m.
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An unidentified suspect already wanted for a springtime robbery is now wanted for allegedly targeting the same retail store again in the downtown core.
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Toronto Police said the first incident happened on March 19 around 9 p.m. in the Dundas St. W.-Bay St. area.
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Cops said that in that incident, a female bandit allegedly went to a store and selected multiple items and left the basket in front of the store.
A store employee picked up the basket at which time the suspect began physically assaulting two employees to get it back. Police said she sprayed the store employees with an unknown substance before fleeing with the stolen property.
Police said the latest incident happened on Friday in the same store around 6:45 p.m.
The bandit allegedly displayed what appeared to be pepper spray and stole a quantity of merchandise. The woman fled the area and was last seen walking westbound on Dundas.
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No injuries were reported.
The suspect was described as a female in her 20s, about 5-foot-6 with a slim-medium build. She has a tattoo on her finger and a star-shaped tattoo above her right hip.
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A 25-year-old Brampton man has been charged in what cops described as extortion-related shootings in Caledon last month.
Peel Regional Police said that on Oct. 26 around 2:50 a.m., two thugs went to a residence near Old School Rd. and Creditview Rd. in Caledon.
The men arrived in a BMW SUV and cops said surveillance footage showed one of them pouring an accelerant on the driveway and setting a fire.
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Police said both gunmen fired several rounds at the residences. There were no injuries reported.
A short time later, it’s alleged that the same duo went to a business near Advance Blvd. and Dixie Rd. in Brampton. Cops said surveillance footage showed a gunman firing several rounds toward the business from within the vehicle.
No injuries were reported.
Police said investigators arrested Iqbal Bhagria on Friday and charged him with two counts of intentionally discharge a firearm recklessly, arson, unauthorized possession of a fiream and uttering a forged document.
Police are trying to identify a second suspect.
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