{"id":45243,"date":"2024-05-16T22:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T01:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=45243"},"modified":"2024-05-16T22:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T01:20:32","slug":"police-seek-suspect-in-theft-of-plants-from-elmsdale-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=45243","title":{"rendered":"Police seek suspect in theft of plants from Elmsdale store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> Police are looking for a suspect in a theft from an Elmsdale retail business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>East Hants RCMP Const. Preston Burns, Community Policing Officer, said the incident happened on May 13 at approximately 7:30 p.m. at the Canadian Tire in Elmsdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said police were notified on May 14 of the theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA man exited a black sedan and stole eight plants from the front of the Canadian Tire store,\u201d said Const. Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Theft-of-plants-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45244\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The suspect in the theft. (RCMP photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Theft-of-Plants-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45246\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(RCMP photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Burns said the value of the plants totalled approximately $300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe man was captured on video surveillance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the man was wearing a grey Reebok hoodie and black and white Ecko pants. He was travelling with another person who was not visible on the surveillance video.<\/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\u00a01-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3\u00a0Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;211&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;] ELMSDALE: Police are looking for a suspect in a theft from an Elmsdale retail business. East Hants RCMP Const. Preston Burns, Community Policing Officer, said the incident happened on May 13 at approximately 7:30 p.m. at the Canadian Tire in Elmsdale. He said police were notified on May 14 of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[196,986,121,6707,14,258],"class_list":["post-45243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-hrm","tag-plant-theft","tag-rcmp","tag-theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45243","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=45243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}