Poppy box thief runs from Tisdale liquor store

Nov 11, 2018 | 6:00 PM

The Tisdale RCMP detachment has released a photo of a woman they believe responsible for stealing a Royal Canadian Legion poppy donation box. 

The theft happened Nov. 9 at approximately 4:43p.m. Two women entered a liquor store in Tisdale and as one woman was paying for her items, the other woman grabbed the poppy donation box, and quickly left the store. According to RCMP, the poppy donation box had over $100 inside of it.

The suspect has been described as approximately 30-years-old, aboriginal, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 190 lbs. At the time of the offence the suspect had brown shoulder length hair and was wearing glasses, a black sweater, leggings, grey mukluks and she was holding a burgundy purse.

nigel.maxwell@jpbg.ca