Type: Break and Enter
Incident: 17- 17432
Location: Mohawk Street (100 block)
Incident: Sometime between Friday May 12 and Monday May 15, 2017 unknown person(s) broke into a business on Mohawk Street. No items were reported stolen at the time of the report. Suspect(s) committed mischief inside the building by setting off fire extinguishers.
Type: Theft from Motor Vehicle
Incident: 17- 17457
Location: Rowanwood Avenue
Incident: On May 15, 2017 it was reported that sometime Saturday evening a vehicle was entered on Rowanwood Avenue. Tools were reported stolen.
Type: Theft from Motor Vehicle
Incident: 17- 17592
Location: Helen Avenue
Incident: On May 16, 2017 it was reported that sometime overnight two vehicles were entered while parked in the underground parking garage on Helen Avenue. Both vehicles had a window smashed out of their vehicles and both reported stolen purses.
Type: Fraud
Incident: 17- 17607
Location: Stratford Tr
Incident: On May 16, 2017 a Brantford woman reported a fraud regarding cookie dough sales. The woman advised that last week an unknown woman with two children came to her door fundraising for Landsdowne Children’s Centre. The victim placed an order for cookie dough and paid in advance for the order. The victim later followed up with the school and learned that the school was not currently fundraising and there was no such event ongoing. The total amount of fraud was $19.00.
The suspect is described as a white female in her 30’s having light brown shoulder length hair. Accompanying the suspect was a 6 to 7 year old girl and a boy aged 2 to 3 years of age sitting in a stroller.
Type: Mischief
Incident: 17- 17701
Location: Kent Road
Incident: On May 16, 2017 at 11:40 p.m. a citizen called 911 to report a disturbance on Kent Road. The citizen heard some sort of an explosion sound and observed smoke pouring from a school bus parked on a lot on Kent Road.
A four door SUV style vehicle was observed on the lot and seen fleeing the area after the explosion. Two buses were damaged. A window was smashed out, a tire was flattened and a fire extinguisher was set off inside one of the buses.
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The BPS encourages citizens to report all crimes and suspicious activities which take place on your property. All thefts from your motor vehicles should be reported to the BPS regardless if items are stolen.
Protect your family and your home.
Crime prevention is everyone’s responsibility.
It doesn’t matter if you have been away a few hours, for the day, or an extended trip.
It takes an intruder only a few moments to smash their way into your home.
Please visit our home security guide for valuable crime prevention tips
http://www.brantfordpolice.ca/content/documents/flash/HSAG/
Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous are asked to contact Brant-Brantford Crime Stoppers at 519-750-8477 or 1-800-222-8477. Alternatively, a web tip may be submitted at: https://www.tipsubmit.com/WebTips.aspx?AgencyID=251
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