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 the assault of a woman in the area of Speedvale and Kathleen sometime on Thursday between 3 pm and 8 pm. The victim was picked-up and taken to hospital for treatment, but she was not not forthcoming with information about what happened. It’s believed she was attacked after becoming involved in a verbal altercation with a man who is known to her. If you have any information, call Detective Constable Kevin Ketteringham at 519-824-1212, ext. 7513, or email him at kketteringham [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police were called to a business near Gordon and Clair at 1 am on April 14 after a man was punched in the face by another man following an evening of dining and drinks. The victim didn’t know this man, or his female companion, at the start of the evening, but the punch came after the victim remarked that the other man seemed to be rude to staff. The suspect was described as white with a short, stocky build, large dark beard, dark hair and wearing a dark shirt. He and the woman were last seen leaving in a white Ford F-150, travelling east on Clair Road East. You can see a photo to the left. If you have any information, call Constable Keith Kolodziejczak at 519-824-1212, ext. 7452, email him at kkolodziejczak [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police are looking for a man who went into a downtown business on Wednesday morning at 7:30 am. The man had previously been banned from that business, and when an employee asked him to leave, the man turned and spat, striking the employee on the arm and pants as they were walking to the exit. The man has not yet been found.
A 28-year-old Guelph woman is charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. On Monday morning, police were responded to a call near Waterloo and Edinburgh where they found a man with a significant laceration to his nose and lip. He said he fell down, but an investigation revealed that he had been kicked in the abdomen and slashed across the face with a broken bottle by a woman known to him.
A 23-year-old Guelph man is charged with assault causing bodily harm last Friday morning after a verbal dispute between co-workers became physical and the victim was grabbed by the throat and pushed against a table, temporarily being unable to breathe.
A 25-year-old Guelph man is charged with assault and theft under $5,000 after he kicked a stranger in the back near Eramosa and King, and then went shoplifting at a business in the area.
Break-Ins
Police are looking for a white male wearing a red Florida Panthers hockey jersey over a hoody, dark pants, white and black running shoes and a black toque with white writing, and a small black shoulder bag. This man was caught on surveillance video around midnight on Sunday, first checking car doors in the laneway behind a home near Oxford and Glasgow, and then he hopped a fence, broke into a shed and stole an orange Kona Precept downhill mountain bike. If you have any information call Constable Matt Simpson at 519-824-1212, ext. 7318, or email him at msimpson [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police are looking for the people that stole more than $10,000 worth of metal products from a business near Watson and Airpark in two separate thefts. Surveillance video showed three suspects arriving just after 3 pm on Saturday in a maroon four-door Ford F350 which had a wooden pallet in place of the tailgate, and what appeared to be the same truck came back on Tuesday at 3 am with a white Chevrolet or GMC pickup. If you have any information, call Constable Jennifer Probst at 519-824-1212, ext. 7296, or email her at jprobst [at] guelphpolice.ca.
A 35-year-old Guelph man was arrested Thursday and charged with break and enter and breaching a probation order after being tied to a September 1, 2023 break-in at a Fife Road business.
Drugs
Nothing to report.
Fraud
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
A 48-year-old Guelph man was charged with impaired driving and driving while suspended last Sunday evening after police were notified about a possible impaired driver leaving an address on Woolwich Street. Not only did the officers notice a strong odour of alcohol on the driver’s breath, they also noticed that he had urinated himself.
A 48-year-old St. Clements man was charged with impaired driving last Saturday afternoon after a collision in the area of Victoria and Eramosa. The man ended up having more than three times the legal amount of alcohol in his system.
A 27-year-old Guelph woman is charged with impaired driving and two counts of possessing a controlled substance last Friday after police responded to a report about a woman sleeping in her running vehicle for two hours in a Kortright Road West parking lot. Officers woke her and noted a glass pipe under the driver’s seat. Quantities of suspected cocaine and crack cocaine were located in the driver’s purse.
Theft
More than $5,000 worth of tools and electronics were stolen from a downtown church. An employee at the church called police Wednesday morning, and it’s believed the suspects hid inside until the building was closed before removing the items. If you have any information, call Constable Brad Townsend at 519-824-1212, ext. 7135, or email him at btownsend [at] guelphpolice.ca.
At approximately 12:45 am Wednesday, a man and woman in a white pickup were observed hooking up the black enclosed 16-foot trailer and removing it from a property on Southgate Drive, and it was recovered, undamaged, from behind a business in Hamilton on Wednesday night. If you have any information about the theft call Special Constable Drew Neil at 519-824-1212, ext. 7581, or email him at dneil [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Police were called Tuesday after approximately $7,500 worth of tools were stolen from a work truck parked overnight in a driveway near Woolwich and Ann. 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.
Last Friday, two people, a man and a woman, took $3,500 worth of cosmetics from a business at Stone and Edinburgh. The female was described as having a medium build, olive skin and long black hair. She was wearing a dark blue jean jacket, white shirt, black pants and white running shoes and carrying a large black bag. The male also had olive skin, black hair in a receding hairline, a black beard and mustache and was wearing a white t-shirt with black LA logo, beige pants, white running shoes and clear-rimmed glasses. They were believed to be driving a grey SUV. If you have any information call Constable Samantha Worthington at 519-824-1212, ext. 7326, or email her at sworthington [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Shortly after 9 pm last Friday, the owner of a black 2015 Hyundai Sonata reported he had parked his car near Willow and Dawson approximately 45 minutes earlier and when he came back the car was missing. Approximately $1,000 in tools inside the car were also stolen. If you have any information, call Special Constable Thomas Randell at 519-824-1212, ext. 7194, or email him at trandell [at] guelphpolice.ca.
Traffic
An 83-year-old Guelph woman was charged under the Highway Traffic Act with failing to yield to pedestrians after police were called to the intersection at Woolwich and London. A woman pushing her three-month old baby in a stroller were struck while in the crosswalk there; the baby was not injured and the mother reported very minor injuries.
Other Notes
Nothing else to report.
Total calls for service last week: 1,451
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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