GPS Daily Update 23May2025
Source: Guelph Police Service
Date: Tue May 27 03:44:32 MST 2025
The Guelph Police Service is investigating after a loss-prevention employee was assaulted while trying to stop a thief.
Approximately 6:45 p.m. Thursday police were called to a business near Silvercreek Parkway North and Speedvale Avenue West. Staff reported a man was seen in the store placing items into his backpack. When an employee asked him to instead use a store basket he fled the store.
The loss prevention employee followed him outside and attempted to arrest him, but the male pushed the employee into a concrete pillar and fled.
Responding officers were able to determine the males identity but he has not yet been located.
Arrest after daytime break-in
A Guelph man was arrested after a north-end homeowner reported someone inside his garage Thursday morning.
Shortly before 11 a.m. police began receiving calls about a suspicious male in the area of Waverley Drive and Balmoral Drive. One resident reported a male entered his unlocked truck and removed items including a garage door opener, which he used to enter the garage.
Officers arrived and saw the man leaving the garage and approaching another house. The original complainant confirmed the man was wearing a sweater, hat and blanket stolen from the victims truck and garage.
A 30-year-old Guelph man is charged with break and enter, possessing stolen property and two counts of breaching a probation order. He was held for a bail hearing Friday.
Lexus SUV stolen
The Guelph Police Service is investigating after a Lexus SUV was stolen Friday morning from a south-end driveway.
Approximately 6 a.m. a resident in the Rickson Ridge neighbourhood reported his black 2024 Lexus 500H missing from the driveway. The caller has both sets of keys and reported there was broken glass left behind.
Anyone with information is asked to call Special Constable Thomas Randell at 519-824-1212, ext. 7194, email [email protected], leave an anonymous message for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.
The Guelph Police Service encourages residents to take steps to protect themselves from auto theft. This can include parking indoors when possible or in well-lit areas, ensuring vehicle doors and windows are closed and locked, employing anti-theft devices to prevent vehicles from being started or steered and using devices to block signals from electronic keys. Please report suspicious activity around unattended vehicles, especially during overnight hours.
Total calls for service in the last 24 hours 204