Category: Brantford

With the assistance of BPS K-9 Police Service Dog Mack, officers with the Brantford Police Service have arrested and charged a 21-year-old man wanted for residential break and enters in the city’s Henderson Survey area.

On Sunday, October 5, 2025, at approximately 12:45 a.m., officers with the Brantford Police Service responded to a call to a report an attempted break and enter at a Franklin Street residence. The accused was observed attempting to gain entry to the residence and the motor vehicles parked in the driveway. Because the homeowners had secured their residence and vehicles, the accused was not successful.

The accused attempted to flee from police by running through several backyards but was apprehended by Police Service Dog Mack while attempting to scale a fence.

The accused was identified as a suspect in another break and enter that occurred August 23, 2025, at a nearby Kingsway Crescent home. The accused had broken into the homeowner’s garage and stole several items.

As a result, a 21-year-old man from Brantford stands charged with the following Criminal Code offences: 

• Trespassing by Night x 4
• Break, enter a dwelling house with intent to commit indictable offence
• Break, enter a place, commit indictable offence

The Brantford Police Service would like to thank residents in the Henderson Survey area for their diligence in reporting suspicious behaviour. This arrest is reflective of ongoing police initiatives to ensure neighbourhood safety.

Residents can help protect their homes by keeping doors and windows locked, installing motion lights or cameras where possible, and promptly report any suspicious activity to police.

Members of the Brantford Police Service Drug and Firearm Enforcement Unit seized over $44,000 in illegal psilocybin and arrested a 36-year-old man from Brantford for trafficking after executing a search warrant at an illegal retail psilocybin storefront in Brantford.

On Saturday, September 16, 2025, members of the Brantford Police Service Drug and Firearm Enforcement Unit and the BPS Core Engagement and Response Team initiated an investigation into an illegal psilocybin store which had re-opened at a Murray Street location. This illegal retail business had been previously shut down by police on two other occasions.

On Friday, September 26, 2025, members of the Core Engagement and Response Team executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act section 11 search warrant at the business. Police seized a total of 3421.5 grams of suspected psilocybin with an estimated street value of $43,495.

As a result of the investigation, a 36-year-old man from Brantford stands charged with the following:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking- Schedule III to wit: Psilocybin, Contrary to Section 5(2) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Officers with the Brantford Police Service have arrested a man for unlawfully confining multiple people in a local motel.

At approximately 8:30 a.m., Saturday, September 20, 2025, officers with the Brantford Police Service were dispatched to a motel located at Colborne Street and Clara Crescent after receiving a report of a man holding multiple people against their will within a motel room.

Officers attended and a male suspect was taken into police custody. A machete was located within the room and seized. No physical injuries were reported. 

Seven other people were located within the motel room, two of which were arrested on outstanding warrants: a 27-year-old man from Etobicoke and a 31-year-old female from Jackson’s Point.

As a result of the incident, a 39-year-old man from Ohsweken stands charged with the following:

• Forcible Confinement x 2
• Possession of Weapon for Dangerous Purpose
• Intimidation – Use Violence
• Utter Threat to Cause Death x 2
• Breach of Probation

The accused was held for bail.