Co-worker assaulted
On May 9 at approximately 6:15 a.m., two co-workers at a west end industrial business had a verbal argument during their shift that escalated to a physical altercation. During the incident one man fell and received a significant cut that required medical attention by paramedics.
The 58-year-old co-worker Getachew Zerhun of Guelph, was later arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm. He was then released to appear before the court at a later date.
Two charged with fraud charges in unrelated incidents
In December of 2016, the GPS Fraud Unit began an investigation into something that is referred to as a “bust-out” fraud. A “bust-out fraud” occurs on an account that has generally been opened and maintained for some period of time. A perpetrator first makes large deposits, usually of counterfeit cheques, into the account, followed by a fast expenditure of funds via cash withdrawals or purchases of fence-able goods such as jewelry or electronics. (https://definitions.uslegal.com/b.bust-out-fraud/)
It is alleged that a 56-year-old Guelph man used this approach of counterfeit payments and deposits to fraudulently inflate credit on a number of financial accounts which were then drained through cash advances and purchases of re-sellable goods. A number of financial institutions were victims of this fraud and total losses exceed $125,000.
On May 9, 2017 Muhammad Ifran was arrested and charged with five counts of fraud over $5,000 and laundering proceeds of crime. He was later released to appear in court on June 13.
- On the afternoon of May 9, a staff member of a Stone Road financial institution became suspicious of a female who had come into the branch to open an account and called police. Police arrived to investigate and arrested a 25-year-old Scarborough woman who was also found to be in possession of marijuana.
Monique Olivia Evans was charged with fraud, two counts of identity theft, possession of identity documents, possession of a controlled substance and uttering a forged document. She was later released to appear in court on June 20, 2017.
Customer assaults staff
At approximately 1 a.m. this morning, a man entered a Macdonell Street eatery and began making some inappropriate comments. When he was spoken to by a female manager, his behavior escalated and he slapped her. Other staff intervened and put the man out of the business. The man then came back inside and police were called. Police arrived to witness the male punching another staff member and arrested him.
Chunghoon Lee, 40 years old from Guelph, was charged with two counts of assault. He was later released to appear before the court at a later date.
Calls for service
On May 9, 2017, the Guelph Police Service responded to 226 calls for service.
