GUELPH – A Cambridge man faces a long list of charges after he was captured Sunday morning by a Guelph police canine unit.
Officers were alerted approximately 6:40 a.m. Sunday to a break and enter in progress at a commercial plaza in the city's south end. The canine unit was first on scene and observed a male running through the parking lot. After several commands to stop, police dog Titan was deployed and successfully apprehended the suspect.
Investigation revealed the glass doors of two businesses in the plaza, as well as a third business nearby, had been smashed. Officers located a motor vehicle in the parking lot and determined the vehicle and licence plates had been reported stolen in separate incidents from another jurisdiction.
Crowbars, power tools, a wallet and small amounts of suspected cocaine and crack cocaine were located inside the vehicle.
A 30-year-old Cambridge man faces several charges, including three counts of break and enter, possessing stolen property over $5,000, two counts of possessing stolen property under $5,000, possessing a controlled substance, possessing break-in instruments and driving while disqualified. He was held for a bail hearing Monday.
