Police arrest and charge man, 23, over alleged bag snatch from 90-year-old woman at Toronto Town Square on September 17

Updated September 19 2017 - 9:00am, first published 8:53am
Police arrest man over bag snatch from 90-year-old woman in Toronto
Police arrest man over bag snatch from 90-year-old woman in Toronto

A MAN has been charged over the alleged theft of a handbag from a 90-year-old woman at Toronto Town Square on Sunday. About 2.50pm, the woman left a supermarket and was walking towards her vehicle in Brighton Avenue. A man, 23, was riding a pushbike behind the woman when he allegedly reached out and grabbed her handbag and rode away. The woman wasn’t hurt. About 10.30pm, police arrested and charged a man at Blackalls Park. He was refused bail.

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