ELDERLY WOMAN MUGGED IN PARKING LOT OF MARLBOROUGH MALL

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ELDERLY WOMAN MUGGED IN PARKING LOT OF MARLBOROUGH MALL

Posted on 21 October 2009 by Markham Hislop.

Calgary Police want to talk to this woman about a mugging at Marlborough Mall

An elderly woman is shaken after being mugged in the parking lot of the Marborough Mall Tuesday afternoon. Police are asking anyone who might have witnessed the crime to come forward. The victim had left the mall around 2:10 p.m. and was walking to her parked car when she was approached by an unknown woman, then pushed to the ground and her purse was stolen.

The offender jumped into the passenger side of a gold-coloured Jeep Grand Cherokee, with what is believed to be a man driving, and fled the parking lot in an unknown direction.

Police believe this is the vehicle muggers used to flee the crime scene

The victim suffered a minor injury as a result of this incident.

The suspect is described as an Aboriginal woman, approximately 25 to 35 years-of-age, approximately 5′7″ to 5′9″ tall, weighing approximately 110 lbs. She has shoulder -length dark-coloured hair and was wearing burgundy sweatpants with a white stripe down the sides, a multi -coloured horizontal striped shirt, a black jacket, and black baseball cap at the time of the incident.

Images of a woman who may have information about this incident will be sent to the media via e-mail.

Anyone with information about this or similar incidents, or on the whereabouts of the woman or vehicle, is asked to call the Calgary Police Service at 403-266-1234, District 4 GIU (Detective Giesbrecht or Detective Nguyen) at 403-567-6400 or Crime Stoppers at 403-262-8477 or 1-800-222-8477. You may also submit an anonymous tip online at ww w.calgarycrimestoppers.org (click on “submit a tip”).