There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days.
***Please note that not all offenses and police calls are reported in the daily Guelph Police media release.
Assault
Police are investigating after two people were shot with pellets during a dispute last Saturday night, a number of people were involved in a verbal dispute outside an address on Willow Road when one man pulled out a Smith and Wesson-style pellet gun and discharged several rounds. A man and a women were each struck in the abdomen area, causing redness and swelling. If you have any information, call Constable Nick Borg at 519-824-1212, ext. 7172, or email him at nborg [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police looking for the person who broke the nose of a stranger who was walking his dog in the area of Eramosa and Victoria last Saturday morning. The dog walker says a man standing on the corner yelling and swearing, and though the victim tried to avoid the other man, the suspect still approached and punched him. The suspect is described as white, in his 30s, 5’11” with a stocky build. He was balding with dirty blonde unkempt hair and beard and possibly a birth mark on his left cheek. He was wearing a dirty blue jacket, grey pants and white shoes. If you have any information, call Constable Taylor Vajushi-Cooper at 519-824-1212, ext. 7320, or email him at tvajushi-cooper [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police are looking for a white woman in her mid-20s, with a slim build with short dirty blonde hair and acne on her face. She was also wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and dark orange khaki-style pants. At 5 pm Thursday, a woman was walking her dog near Water and Maple, when another woman who she didn’t know started yelling at her about not having her dog on a leash. The victim was then pushed in the chest and fell backwards onto a hedge. If you have any information, call Constable Keith Kolodziejczak at 519-824-1212, ext. 7452, or email him at kkolodziejczak [at] guelphpolice.ca.
A 14-year-old Guelph man was charged with assault after he pushed a 59-year-old women to the ground on Monday evening while she was looking to retrieve a stolen phone. She saw a youth holding a phone in the area of Silvercreek and Willow, but when she approached to see if it was hers he pushed her to the ground.
Break-Ins
A 36-year-old Brampton man was charged with possessing stolen credit cards and possessing break and enter tools on Wednesday evening after police were called about a man loitering in a parking lot on London Road West. When the man was arrested and searched, officers found 73 credit cards from various banks and in different names, as well as a prybar, bolt cutters and other tools.
A 42-year-old Guelph man was charged with break and enter, mischief under $5,000 and possessing stolen property after breaking into a downtown building some time late Thursday or early Friday. He stole more than $3,000 worth of fixtures and other property including plumbing fixtures, thermostats, and tools.
Drugs
Three Guelph males – aged 56, 25 and 24 – and a 25-year-old Guelph female face numerous charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, and two of the males also face charges of breaching court order orders after police executed a search warrant on several apartments in the west end on Wednesday morning. Officers recovered quantities of suspected crystal methe, fentanyl and cocaine with a total street value of more than $17,000, and they also seized were eight replica firearms, bear spray, cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia including scales, packaging and debt lists. (See photo above.)
A 31-year-old Guelph man faces an additional count of failing to appear as well as possessing a controlled substance after police spotted him in a Waterloo Avenue parking lot and identified him as being wanted for charges including weapons offences and failing to appear in court. When he was arrested a baggie of suspected fentanyl was located in his pocket.
Fraud
Police are investigating after the same man tried to deposit two bogus cheques at two different banks Tuesday. The man tried to deposit a large cheque into a recently-opened account at a west end bank before staff realized it was fake, and this was after he had visited the downtown branch of the same back and attempted to deposit a different fake cheque into a different account. The man is described as 5’8”, 150 pounds with an olive complexion and dark slicked-back hair, thin facial hair and a birthmark on his nose. He was possibly driving a silver GMC pickup. If you have any information call Constable Keith Kolodziejczak at 519-824-1212, ext. 7452, email him at kkolodziejczak [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police are warning people about a new phishing scam that targets buying and selling sites like Facebook Marketplace or Kjiji. The scammer responds to the ad offering to pay a deposit via e-transfer and the seller subsequently receives a text or e-mail with what appears to be a link to deposit the e-transfer. When the victim clicks the link, it opens a website asking them to select which financial institution they want to use to deposit the funds, followed by a request that they input their bank account number and password. The scammers then use these credentials to log into the victim’s online bank account, change the password, and drain the victim’s accounts.
If you think you might be a victim of any fraud, call the Guelph Police Non-Emergency line is 519-824-5154, or contact the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or online at their website.
Impaired Driving
Nothing to report here.
Theft
On Tuesday afternoon, officer on patrol downtown took possession of a Volvo S40 sedan that was reported stolen from the area around Suffolk and Dublin on August 9. If you have any information, call Constable Connor Vaivods at 519-824-1212, ext. 7226, or email him at cvaivods [at] guelphpolice.ca.
A 2003 GMC Savana van was stolen from a business on Speedvale near Eramosa last weekend, and it was later recovered in Hamilton. A white man wearing dark mechanic-style overalls with a triangle logo on the chest, a dark baseball cap and black and white shoes was captured on video surveillance. Anyone with information is being asked to call Constable Andrew McLachlan at 519-824-1212, ext. 7159, or email him at amclachlan [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police are look for a black male in his 20s, 5’6” to 5’8” and wearing a black and white jacket, black shirt, jeans, a beige baseball cap, glasses and a black backpack after $3,500 of Chanel perfume was taken from an Eramosa Road business last Friday evening at 8 pm. If you have any information, call Constable Emily Dietrich at 519-824-1212, ext. 7265, or email her at edietrich [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Traffic
Police are investigating after a 52-year-old Guelph man was transported to a Hamilton trauma centre with life-threatening head injuries when he was found unresponsive near Victoria and Mcalister next to an electric kick scooter. Police would like to hear from any member of the public who may have seen a man operating an e-scooter on Victoria Road South between Arkell Road and Stone Road East shortly after 9 pm. Police are also seeking members of the public who may have any dashcam video in the area at the time, whether the subject male was observed or not. If this sounds like you, call Constable Todd Weinstein at toddweinstein [at] guelphpolice.ca or to call 519-824-1212 ext. 7514.
A 35-year-old Guelph man was charged with stunt driving, and his licence was suspended for 30 days after he was clocked doing 104 kilometres per hour in a posted 50 zone near Watson and Eastview.
Other Notes
A 36-year-old Guelph woman was charged with mischief under $5,000 after she broke the window of her elderly neighbour with a garden tool.
A 46-year-old Guelph man was charged with failing to comply with an undertaking by not appearing in court for charges including theft and escaping custody.
A 27-year-old Guelph man was charged with obstructing police and failing to comply with a release order after police conducted a traffic stop downtown on Wednesday morning. The suspect, who was a passenger in the car, was on a release order with a condition he not communicate with the man who was driving.
A 53-year-old Guelph man was charged with uttering death threats and mischief under $5,000 after he went into a west end convenience store and became upset after buying two $150 gift cards, one of which he said didn’t work. He demanded his money back and then threatened to kill the clerk.
Total calls for service last week: 1,490
If you have any information about the crimes or incidents mentioned above, you can also call Guelph Wellington Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or post online at csgw.tips.
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