http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1112500--cops-arrest-alleged-hit-and-run-purse-snatcher?bn=1
WTF, who does that.More than three months after a devastating hit-and-run and crime-scene robbery, Hamilton police have charged a 29-year-old Hamilton man with multiple fraud charges for allegedly stealing the purse from a woman who lay dead on the road.
Early September 18, Jiao Shi Qi — a 20-year-old Columbia International College student — was walking home when she was hit and killed on Main and Catharine streets.
As she lay on the road, broken glass and other debris from the wreckage scattered around her, someone stole her purse, said Detective Sergeant Steve Hrab.
Less than a day later a $113 charge at Bell Mobility showed up on the victim’s credit card. And the spending continued.
The credit card of the victim’s boyfriend Freddy Shi was also in Jiao’s purse.
Hrab said it has taken until this past Tuesday evening to have enough information to lay charges. He would not comment on when in the investigation the accused was identified.
Jason Dave Trotter, 29, is charged with four counts of fraudulently using a credit card, two counts of theft under $5,000 and two counts of possession under $5,000.
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