{"id":40124,"date":"2023-11-05T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=40124"},"modified":"2023-11-05T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T12:27:00","slug":"police-searching-for-elmsdale-shoplifting-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=40124","title":{"rendered":"Police searching for Elmsdale shoplifting suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> A suspect is being sought in the brazen theft of two generators and a snowblower from a busienss in the Elmsdale Shopping Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Preston Burns, Community Policing Officer with East Hants RCMP, said a man entered the Canadian Tire in Elmsdale on Oct. 30 at approximately 1 p.m. and stole several items. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the man appeared to be in his 50s or 60s and entered the porch area of the store, where several Chjampion brand generators and snowblowers were located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Dodge-caravan-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40126\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The man carries a generator to the van. (RCMP photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Burns said after looking at the units, the man motioned to the driver of a late model Dodge Caravan to drive up to the doors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The man then carried two generators one by one valued at $600 each to the van and loaded them inside,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the driver of the van then drove to another spot in the parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Burns said the theft wasn&#8217;t done there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Burns said the suspect walked back to the store and proceeded to wheel a Briggs and Stratton snowblower valued at $1000 across the parking lot to the van.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was then loaded inside before they drove off,&#8221; said Const. Burns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the East Hants District RCMP at&nbsp;902-883-7077. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at&nbsp;1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3&nbsp;Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/canadian-tire-suspect-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40127\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The man walks into the Canadian Tire. 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Preston Burns, Community Policing Officer with East Hants RCMP, said a man entered the Canadian Tire in Elmsdale on Oct. 30 at approximately 1 p.m. and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[5694,196,986,2,50,48,14],"class_list":["post-40124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-canadian-tire","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-n-s","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}