A 37-year-old Guelph woman has been charged after two fire alarms were set off inside a mall and a defibrillator was stolen.

Guelph police said on Monday, just before 9 a.m., officers were patrolling inside the Old Quebec Street mall when a fire alarm was activated in the stairwell.

Police looked at security video and saw a woman in the immediate area just before the alarm sounded.

While officers were watching the video, a second alarm sounded in another area of the mall. A woman matching the suspect on video was found in the area of the second alarm and was arrested.

Officers said during a search they found a defibrillator which mall security confirmed was stolen.

The accused is charged with making a false fire alarm, theft under $5,000, possessing stolen property under $5,000, and t

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