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Hate-motivated graffiti found inside Guelph park: police

Guelph police say one of the suspects in the theft of Pokemon cards dropped their cell phone as they were getting away. Scott Tracey/Guelph Police Service

Guelph Police Service are investigating graffiti that was found at a south-end park.

They received a call from someone around 12:10 a.m. Saturday about finding racial epithets at Dallen Subdivision Park on Poppy Drive East.

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Investigators say the graffiti was written in chalk on the ground and a box of chalk was left at the scene.

They say the graffiti has been photographed and they are treating it as a hate-motivated act.

Anyone with information can contact the Guelph Police Service hate crimes unit at 519-824-1212 ext. 7436 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

 

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