A foreign national who police believe is part of a criminal network operating in York Region has been arrested, and two additional suspects remain at large after an elderly woman was violently robbed of her jewellery in Richmond Hill last month.

York Regional Police released video footage of the incident, which took place on Friday, July 15, at around 11:15 a.m. at a parking lot in the Yonge Street and Canyon Hill Avenue area.

The video shows a white 2024 Nissan Rogue moving and the 78-year-old woman falling beside it.

What took place leading up to her fall is obscured by a pillar, but a York police spokesperson told CityNews the woman’s necklace was snatched and she was briefly dragged by the moving vehicle, causing her to fall violently.

A Good Samaritan can then be seen coming to he

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