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The Royal
Canadian Mounted Police said the red-and-white-garbed robber
entered a jewelry store in Stettler, Alberta, in late afternoon
last Thursday.
He demanded jewelry and diamonds from a clerk and left with a
bag of them. No one was hurt. An employee at the store declined
to comment.
Wearing a Santa suit may have been a strategic move by the
robber, said Sergeant Phil Penny, who said he had seen other
robbers wear garish sweaters and wigs. He said robbers may
choose such costumes to distract victims from noticing other
identifying details.
It's "something flamboyant, something weird that the normal
victim would focus on," he said.
The black Hummer sport utility vehicle used by the suspect, who
was described as about 6 feet tall (1.8 meters) with blond hair
and a pockmarked face, was found on Monday in a Stettler
neighborhood.
Surveillance video showed a second vehicle, a pickup truck,
leaving the area.
(Editing by Peter Cooney)
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