{"id":168688,"date":"2025-08-23T08:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168688\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T08:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:26:16","slug":"alberta-senior-is-speaking-out-after-being-victim-of-distraction-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168688\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta senior is speaking out after being victim of distraction theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Calgary woman who was victim of a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/distraction-theft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distraction theft<\/a> is sharing her story so that others won\u2019t become victims themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A woman Global News is referring to as \u2018Judith\u2019 was walking to grab her mail in early August when three people in a white car pulled up beside her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lady on the passenger side said, \u2018Oh! You look just like my mother!\u2019,\u201d recalled Judith. \u201cThe two women were there to distract me which they did. And he wanted to give me something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judith could take stock of the situation the trio were already out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I knew it he had his hands around my neck with this necklace, and they were distracting me, and she handed me this ring,\u201d Judith said. \u201cAnd as soon as he got my necklace, they were off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The thieves made off with a necklace Judith bought when she was 23, and had added emotional value after a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know I\u2019d been robbed,\u201d explained Judith. \u201cI felt just so\u2026 I felt like a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t133 distraction thefts have occurred between February and August.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Judith isn\u2019t the only person in Calgary who has been the victim of a jewelry-related distraction theft.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>According to Calgary Police Service, 133 distraction thefts have been reported between February and August.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, 42 were in District 5, 32 were in District 7, and 13 in District 4.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThree women were arrested by Edmonton Police for theft.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\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\/11345778\/mark-carney-donald-trump-tariffs\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ab61338aef6ba90b7df76b702645ed9e2bcf6f6a48c94e61dc5931f9cad7ba0b_a4d556.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCarney to remove Canada\u2019s counter-tariffs on U.S. goods under CUSMA\n\t\t\t<\/p>\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\/11345935\/parents-missing-baby-emmanuel-haro-arrested-rebecca-jake\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/emmanuel-haro.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tParents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro arrested on suspicion of murder\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Edmonton, 63 distraction thefts have been reported since May, and earlier this week police arrested three women on theft charges and issued warrants for three others.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThree people have warrants out for their arrest for theft.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGlobal News\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As Calgary police continue to investigate, Judith says she\u2019ll take extra caution going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not gonna let a stranger even get near me,\u201d Judith said. \u201cIf another vehicle pulls up like his did? I\u2019m just gonna keep walking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across Canada, police services in cities like Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal have all issued warnings about distraction thefts.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Police Service advise members of the public to exercise caution when interacting with strangers, and to trust your instincts. Anyone who has been the victim of theft is asked to contact the Calgary Police Service or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Calgary woman who was victim of a distraction theft is sharing her story so that others won\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[55673,2147,4219,96640,50,8156],"class_list":{"0":"post-168688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-calgary-police-service","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-distraction-theft","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-theft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115077132759107958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}