Police in North Vancouver say they've arrested a suspect who allegedly pepper-sprayed an elderly woman and tried to steal her phone in January 2023.
R-C-M-P say the attack took place under the guise of a Facebook Marketplace exchange in which the woman was trying to sell her phone.
The man used pepper spray on the woman in what police describe as a "traumatic incident" for her, but he didn't get the phone before running off.
Police say they searched a home in Vancouver last week and arrested a suspect who has since been released with a court date set for July.
