KITCHENER -- A woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole two poppy donation boxes from stores in Guelph.
Police in that city said in a news release that the incidents happened in the two days leading up to Remembrance Day.
In the first, police said she went to a store near Eramosa Road and Stevenson Street North on Nov. 9 at around 10 p.m. She reportedly picked up the box, put it under her coat and left the store.
The next evening, she allegedly went to a business in the city's downtown core, hid the box in her bag and then left.
Two days later on Nov. 12, police found the suspect in a downtown store and arrested her.
The accused, a 34-year-old woman from Guelph, was charged with two counts of theft under $5,000.
The allegations against her haven't been proven. She's due to appear in court on Feb. 21.
