Police are looking for a man who allegedly set off fireworks behind pedestrians in downtown Orillia.
On Friday between 10:30 and 11 a.m., a man on an electric scooter “ignited fireworks behind two separate persons as he passed them,” Orillia OPP stated in a news release.
Both incidents happened on Mississaga Street between West and Front streets.
The suspect is described as a white man in his late 60s with a grey beard down to his mid-chest. He was wearing a grey sweater, black sunglasses, and a black baseball hat with flames. He was operating a red/orange scooter.
Anyone with information about the suspect or who has video footage of either incident is asked to call Orillia OPP at 705-326-3536 or 1-888-310-1122. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or crimestopperssdm.com.
