Kingston Police Seek Giant Tiger Shoplifting Suspect

Published on: 2013/07/04 - in News

The public’s assistance is being sought by police for a case of shoplifting that occurred at the 811 Princess Street Giant Tiger store on Wednesday, July 3. (map)

UPDATE: Within hours of posting this information online, Kingston Police updated the public to report the individual has been identified, writing: 

We have received enough information to identify the subject. Between discussions with police, the store and the woman the value of the items has been paid in full and charges will not be laid. Thank you to everyone who assisted in this matter.

A CCTV photo of this woman, posted by police and originally featured in this article, has been replaced with the generic “identified” graphic used by Kingston Police when a suspect has been ID’d.

CCTV surveillance cameras captured the Caucasian woman who brought items to a cash register at 7:45 pm that evening. When the cashier became distracted and left the area briefly, the suspect put the merchandise into a plastic bag and left the store without paying.

The woman (pictured) is described as appearing to be in her mid-50s with long straight blonde hair, and a thin build. At the time of this incident, she was wearing a blue and white tie dye short-sleeved shirt, short grey khaki shorts, sandals, sunglasses on her head and a pendant necklace. More surveillance photos can be viewed on the Kingston Police Facebook page.

Anyone with information about the identity of this individual is asked to contact Constable Zane Brillinger at 613-549-4660 ext 6254 or by email at zbrillinger@kpf.ca.

Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or on their website at www.tipsubmit.com. Tipsters are eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.

Callers can reference the Kingston Police incident (RD) number: 13-19468.

Also being reported this week, the month of July will see the Kingston Police Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) concentrating on vehicle tinted windows.

This is in line with Section 73 of the Highway Traffic Act, which makes it an offence to either obstruct the view to the outside of a vehicle or obscure the interior of the windshield or of any window to the direct left or right of the driver’s seat that has been coated with a coloured spray or reflective material. The offence carries a $110 fine but no demerit points.

For more information about the tinted windows campaign, visit the Kingston Police website or Facebook page.

Last month, the STEP program was aimed at Excessive Noise. The Kingston Police Traffic Unit, Uniform Patrol, CORE Unit and Emergency Response Unit laid a total 16 charges and gave 42 warnings related to that initiative.

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