Ontario Free Press
A Guelph teenager has been arrested after a bomb threat which shut down a local high school Monday. Approximately 6:15 a.m., police received a call from an administrator at John F Ross CVI about a threatening email received overnight. The Upper Grand District School Board moved the day’s classes to online, instructing all staff and […]
Witnesses sought after driver flees The Guelph Police Service is asking for the public’s help after a driver fled from an officer Friday afternoon. Shortly after 3 p.m. a member of the Guelph Police Traffic Unit was conducting speed enforcement at Gordon Street and Landsdown Drive when he observed a white Volkswagen travelling approximately 100 […]
Man arrested in vehicle damage spree A Guelph man faces dozens of charges after 26 vehicles had their windows smashed downtown early Tuesday. Approximately 3:30 a.m. police began receiving reports of vehicles with damaged side windows. All damaged vehicles were parked in the areas of Cork Street and Yarmouth Street. It is believed the suspect […]
Three business break-ins over weekend The Guelph Police Service is investigating three commercial break-ins over the holiday weekend, including one in which the suspect cut a hole in the roof to gain entry. It is not known if the incidents are related. Monday morning, police were called to a business near Edinburgh Road North and […]
Man arrested after girls taken to hotel for sex A Toronto man faces luring and sexual assault charges after two Guelph teens reported he took them to a local hotel overnight. On February 1, two 13-year-old girls were reported missing to the Guelph Police Service. The two minors were located by officers and the Guelph […]
Man found keys, took neighbour’s car for joyride A Guelph man who took a neighbour’s car for a joyride instead of returning lost car keys has been arrested. Sometime Monday, a man found a set of car keys in the hallway of a Willow Road apartment building. He used the keys to locate the matching […]
Assault charge after disturbance at church A Fergus man faces assault and mischief charges following a disturbance Tuesday at a church in the north end of Guelph. Police were called to the church just after noon. A member had attended and was angry at staff, pouring his coffee on a reception counter and smashing a […]
Three expensive bikes stolen The Guelph Police Service is investigating after three expensive bicycles were stolen from a home near downtown. On Monday morning a resident near Norfolk Street and Liverpool Street reported his garage had been entered and the bikes removed. It is believed the theft occurred between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. The […]
Arrest after four strangers attacked A Guelph man faces four counts of assault with a weapon after four strangers were attacked in separate incidents Friday. Just before 11 a.m. the subject was outside a business on Baker Street when he struck another male in the face with a rod, causing an injury. Staff from the […]
A Cambridge woman has been arrested after a man died when he was struck last month by a Guelph Transit bus. Emergency services were called at 1:37 p.m. January 8 to the intersection of Wyndham Street North and Carden Street. Investigation revealed a 49-year-old Fergus man was struck as he crossed Wyndham Street. The male […]