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Guelph Police Service Police Press Releases

Smash & Grab – Do YOu Recognize These People?

The Guelph Police Service is continuing to investigate and seeking the public’s help after a business was entered last week and had approximately $7,700 in product taken.

Approximately 1:40 a.m. August 13, officers were dispatched to a business in the area of Stevenson Street North and Speedvale Avenue East in relation to a break and enter in progress. Officers arrived on scene quickly to find the suspects no longer on scene, but the rear door to the business had been smashed open.

Upon review of CCTV footage, it was observed that a black Range Rover SUV pulled up to the business. Two men exited the vehicle and one used a sledgehammer to break open the door. The men were seen on video making two trips from inside the business to the awaiting vehicle with armfuls of merchandise.

The items taken are described as gold solder, jewelry fittings, assorted hardware, and a box of samples.

The suspects seen on CCTV footage are described as:

  1. White male wearing an orange construction vest, a white T-shirt and denim shorts and carrying a sledgehammer
  2. Male, wearing all black clothing with white accents, gloves and a balaclava
  3. Driver, wearing a blue shirt, jeans, a black, red, and white hat, and a red bandana

Anyone who recognizes the men or vehicle in the attached photos is asked to call Detective Constable James Perdicaris of the Guelph Police Break Enter Auto Theft Unit at 519-824-1212, ext. 7382, 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.

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Goderich OPP Police Press Releases

Vehicle Used In Goderich YMCA Smash & Grab

(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual from Huron County following a break and enter to the Goderich Y.M.C.A. on March 10th, 2025.

At 12:20 a.m. on March 10th, 2025, an individual used a small car to ram the front doors of the YMCA building located on Suncoast Drive East in Goderich. The driver made repeated attempts and eventually broke the doors open to gain entry to the building. Once inside, the suspect attempted to enter several areas of the facility then departed in the same vehicle. The suspect was identified by police and was arrested later that same morning.

The accused has been charged as follows:

Philip REED, 59 years of age from No Fixed Address has been charged with:

–      Break and Enter,

–      Mischief Under $5,000,

–      Dangerous Operation,

–      Fail to Stop After Accident.

The accused was processed and later released with a court appearance scheduled at the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich on April 14th, 2025. 

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Owen Sound Police Police Press Releases

Smash & Grab @ Weed Store – James FARR Arrested Again

On March 26, 2024 at approximately 2:30 a.m. a man used a rock to smash through the front bay window of a Cannabis Retail business in Owen Sound. The man entered the store and proceeded to steal property including I Pads. The man climbed back through the window and
fled from the area.

Owen Sound Police investigated, and with the assistance of video surveillance footage from the business, were able to identify the suspect based on several recent arrests of the same individual for previous property crimes. Just after 8:30 a.m. a patrolling officer located and arrested the suspect in the area of 16 th Street and 16 th Avenue East. The man proceeded to provide police with a fictitious identity. The man
was searched and found in possession of two stolen IPad’s from Cannabis store.

The accused, 29-year-old James FARR, of no fixed address, was charged with Break, Enter and Commit Theft, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime and Obstructing a Peace Officer. FARR was held in police custody pending a bail hearing.