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Woodstock, Ont. police investigate home invasion that sent residents to hospital

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Police are investigating a break-and-enter at a home in Woodstock, Ont., that sent the residents to hospital over the weekend.

On Saturday, around 12:30 a.m., the residents of the home on Warwick Street near Cambridge Street awoke to their activated house alarm.

According to police, the residents heard noise coming from the basement and confronted a suspect. After an altercation with the residents, the suspect fled the house through the backyard.

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The suspect is described as male, tall, thin and wearing a camouflage hoodie.

The residents of the home were transported to hospital with minor injuries.

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