Man dressed as rodent in Barrie robbery makes international headlines
A robbery in Barrie, Ont., is making international headlines.
Barefoot man wears mouse or rat mask to rob convenience store
A robbery in Barrie, Ont., is making international headlines.
Barrie police are looking for a suspect who robbed a convenience store armed with a knife while wearing a plush mouse or rat mask over his head.
A headline in The Telegraph says "Canadian police are on the hunt for a barefoot man disguised as a mouse."
The Irish Examiner posted the surveillance video online with the headline "CCTV: Watch man disguised as a mouse rob shop at knifepoint."
Police say the robber made off with a quantity of cash in the incident early Tuesday and left the mask and knife outside the store.
The suspect is described as a barefoot six-foot, thin white male, who was wearing black pants, and a long sleeve shirt.
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