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Guelph police find suspect accused of stealing from a senior’s residence

Guelph police say a man driving a white van tried to approach two children while on their way to school on Wednesday morning. Staff were notified and the parents were as well. Guelph Police Service

It didn’t take long for police to locate a suspect in a break-in investigation at a Guelph residence.

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The Guelph Police Service was called to a home on Raymond Street Monday morning.

A 90-year-old resident told investigators that she woke up around 3 a.m. and found that the door to her apartment unit was open.

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She later told officers that her purse and iPad were missing.

A couple of hours later, police were called to an area on Raymond Street and Bristol Street about a suspicious person.

They say they located a woman who began yelling at the officers and then claimed that she was carrying a gun.

Investigators say they were able to recover the items that were stolen from the elderly resident’s home.

A 41-year-old from Guelph faces a number of charges and will appear for a bail hearing on Thursday.

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