The Ottawa Police Service needs your help in the investigation of a theft from a locker in an East End gym and the subsequent fraudulent use of the victim’s credit card.
On December 11th 2007 at about 1pm the victim attended the Newbody Dimensions Gym located at 1800 St Laurent Blv. She entered the woman’s locker room and she began to place her belongings in an empty locker. While she was doing this a female in the locker room placed herself directly behind the victim and began to stare at her. The victim feeling uncomfortable placed her belongings in the locker and she walked to the mirrors to comb her hair. Again the female suspect followed the victim and this led to the victim leaving the locker room.
When the victim returned to her locker, she was unable to open her combination lock. After the gym staff cut the lock the victim noticed that her purse was missing from the locker.
A subsequent police investigation revealed that the female suspect was not a registered member of the gym and that she had purchased a day pass to work out. The victim’s credit card was used in several stores near the gym shortly after the theft.
Surveillance video at the gym and in the targeted stores identified 3 female suspects. They are described as:
1- Olive skinned female (who was in the gym), heavy set, long dark hair tied in a bun, in her twenties, red shorts and a white t-shirt.
2- Black female, slim, early twenties, long black wavy hair wearing a grey 3/4-length coat.
3- Black female, slim, early twenties, long black straight hair, dark coat, wearing glasses.
The 2 black females were not seen in the gym and are suspected of being accomplices.
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