The following are news releases issued by the Guelph Police Service:
On the morning of Nov. 19, police were investigating the recovery of a vehicle in the south end of the city that had been stolen earlier in the day from the Niagara region. Police located a male and a female in the area of the stolen vehicle that were in possession of property belonging to the vehicle’s owner.
The 27-year-old male from St. Catharines is charged with possession of stolen property, theft of a motor vehicle, two counts of obstruct police and breach of probation. He was held in custody and will appear in bail court today.
The 24-year-old female, Brooke Pritchard of St. Catharines, was charged with possession of stolen property and released to appear in court at a later date.
On Oct. 27, 2017 a male entered a Woolwich Street apartment and took personal cheques that belonged to the resident. Later the next week the cheques were used fraudulently at an area financial business.
On Nov. 17 the responsible person was located and arrested. Brandon Harron, a 38-year-old Guelph man was charged with break and enter as well as two counts of utter a forged document. He was released to appear in court in December.
On the morning of Nov. 18, police assisted with a male that was causing a problems with Stone Road Mall security staff. Investigation revealed the male identified himself as someone he was not and he was arrested. He was also found in possession of identification that was not legally issued to him.
The 23-year-old Guelph man was charged with obstruct police, possession of identity documents, breach of recognizance and breach of probation. He was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in bail court.
Over the course of the weekend, the Guelph Police Service responded to 602 calls for service.
