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Waterloo man arrested after vehicle smashed with axe in Wellington County

say a 78-year-old man from Guelph had more than $30,000 redirected to his bank account in a pair of separate fraud incidents involving two businesses. The Canadian Press file

A Waterloo man was arrested in Wellington County after a vehicle was attacked with an axe last week, according to provincial police.

Wellington County OPP say officers from Perth and Wellington counties were dispatched to a business on Wellington Road 86 at around 7:30 a.m. on May 11.

By the time the officers arrived, the person who had hacked up the vehicle with the axe had fled the scene in a car, according to a release.

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But the officers soon tracked the car down and arrested the driver. Police say they then conducted a search, where they found a large amount of property.

Police say the property had been stolen from two other businesses along Wellington Road 86, which had been broken into earlier that morning.

They say a 47-year-old man from Waterloo is facing numerous charges, including break and enter, mischief under $5,000, theft over $5,000, theft under $5,000, mischief over $5,000, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, operation while impaired and possession of a Schedule I substance (methamphetamine).

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