Guelph police report that over $10,000 worth of tools and supplies were stolen from two construction sites over the weekend. It is not known if the two incidents are related.
About 7:45 a.m. Monday, police were called to a large job site near Laird Road and Quarterman Road and spoke to a plumbing contractor, who advised sometime over the weekend a torch was used to cut locks and gain entry to a storage container. Police observed burn marks on the container and lock. Approximately $4,500 worth of tools were stolen including a gas saw and a threading machine.
While on scene officers were approached by the site supervisor who advised of a second storage container entered in a similar fashion, though nothing appeared to be stolen.
An electrical contractor on scene also advised officers he had parked a large boom truck in front of the door of his storage container to prevent access after it was broken into a week earlier. When he arrived at the site Monday morning the entire container had been moved several feet allowing access to the door. Approximately $1,200 worth of tools were stolen.
Police viewed surveillance video which showed three pickup trucks – two of them black and the third either white or silver – arrived on scene about 5:30 p.m. Sunday and drove to the rear of the property before leaving again approximately 30 minutes later.
While officers were investigating that matter, a call was received about a break-in at a construction site on Woodlawn Road West near Regal Road. Sometime over the weekend someone gained entry to a building under construction and removed two bright green portable heaters, 12 rolls of wire and various other tools with a total value of $4,600.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Guelph police at 519-824-1212, ext. 7436, leave an anonymous tip for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.
