Charges laid after pair of stolen vehicles were recovered by Guelph police

Guelph Police Service recovered a pair of stolen vehicles in the city.

The first occurred Friday when a resident informed police around 7:30 a.m. that a Ford Escape SUV was stolen near the downtown.

Investigators say the same owner called police an hour later saying they located the stolen vehicle behind a business on Edinburgh Road North.

Officer found the vehicle with a man sitting in the driver’s seat.

A 38-year-old from Guelph was arrested and charged, and was held for a bail hearing.

Then Sunday around 11 p.m., police located a Jeep Patriot being driven around in the city that was reported stolen in Wellington County.

It was eventually stopped at Woolwich and Norfork, and three people (an 18-year-old woman from Guelph, a 17-year-old from Kingston, and a 16-year-old from Fergus) were arrested and charged.

The Kingston teen was held for a bail hearing while the other two were released with future court dates.