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Prowler with hockey stick caught on camera in Oak Bay

Oak Bay police said the man was seen roaming the Deal Street and Linkleas Avenue area between 2:45 and 5:30 a.m. on Saturday
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Extra patrols were made after the report was received but the man was not located, Oak Bay police said. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST

A man wearing a blanket and carrying a hockey stick was captured on a security camera entering backyards in an Oak Bay neighbourhood early last Saturday.

Oak Bay police said the man was seen roaming the Deal Street and Linkleas Avenue area between 2:45 and 5:30 a.m.

Extra patrols were made after the report was received but the man was not located, police said.

The following day about 4 p.m., a man was seen on a home-security system at an Upper Terrace home walking to the back of the property, looking in windows and taking pictures with a cellphone.

Police said the man didn’t try to get inside the home.

He is described as white and about five-foot-10 with a slim build and brown hair greying at the sides, and was wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

Call Oak Bay police at 250-592-2424 with any information

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