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Thief poses as nurse, steals from elderly woman

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WANTED: Police say this woman posed as a nurse to gain access to a retirement home before taking $1,000 from a 91-year-old woman’s room.

Police are looking for a woman who they say posed as a nurse to gain entry into a retirement residence before taking $1,000 from a 91-year-old woman’s room.

The suspect entered the Eglinton Avenue West and Avenue Road building Monday just before 2 p.m. while dressed in scrubs. Police say the victim returned to her room to find the suspect there. The woman then fled with $1,000 in cash.

The suspect is described as being in her 30s, and having a thin build and shoulder-length brown hair. She was wearing pink scrubs, a white baseball hat, white shoes and a royal blue lanyard with a white name tag.