{"id":14808,"date":"2025-01-29T16:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/shop-owner-bitten-after-6-women-try-to-rob-family-run-ontario-store-police\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:54:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:54:22","slug":"shop-owner-bitten-after-6-women-try-to-rob-family-run-ontario-store-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/shop-owner-bitten-after-6-women-try-to-rob-family-run-ontario-store-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop owner bitten after 6 women try to rob family-run Ontario store: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Hamilton police say a variety store owner was bitten after six women performed \u201cdistraction thefts\u201d that targeted the store and the residential portion of the business.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspects entered the store in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/flamborough\">Flamborough<\/a> on Saturday night. Some of the women conversed with staff and made small purchases while the others attempted to grab and conceal various items from the store, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A few of the suspects made their way into the residential portion of the business and entered closets and drawers, police said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Investigators said once the owners realized they were being robbed they confronted the suspects and forced them to leave.<\/p>\n<p>During the altercation, police said one of the suspects bit a store owner.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects fled through the front door into a black SUV that was parked nearby. They\u00a0are described as between 25 and 60 years old, female, and wearing dark winter clothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonpolice.on.ca\/news\/family-run-variety-store-distraction-theft\/\">surveillance photo was released<\/a> as police believe there may be more victims.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10979188\/u-k-couple-methanol-poisoning-dead-vietnam-hotel-limoncello\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/uk-couple-dead-vietnam-villa.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"U.K. couple dies in Vietnam hotel after drinking possibly tainted limoncello\" data-title=\"\">U.K. couple dies in Vietnam hotel after drinking possibly tainted limoncello<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10982011\/edmonton-senior-alexander-tsang-medical-assistance-in-dying\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Still-2025-01-28-14h10m08s074.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Terminal Alberta senior chooses MAID in memory of late wife: \u2018I have no regrets\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Terminal Alberta senior chooses MAID in memory of late wife: \u2018I have no regrets\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Family-run variety store distraction theft <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7DyFQ90Ji\">https:\/\/t.co\/v7DyFQ90Ji<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hamilton Police (@HamiltonPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HamiltonPolice\/status\/1884255406517575734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10986635\/ontario-variety-store-theft-owner-bitten\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hamilton police say a variety store owner was bitten after six women performed \u201cdistraction thefts\u201d that targeted the store and the residential portion of the business. 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