Guelph Police Daily News Release – 24Mar2017

Female charged in Kathleen Street fire

On Sunday March 19, 2017 there was a significant fire at 316 Kathleen Street that resulted in a large amount of damage and also displaced a number of tenants in the building. Investigation into the cause of that fire has led to the arrest of a 34 year old Guelph woman who was apprehended on the morning of March 23rd.

Kathaleen Snider was charged with arson-disregard for human life and later released to appear in court on May 5, 2017.

Wallet thief quickly located

Just after 8pm on March 23rd, a customer walked into at a Wyndham Street restaurant to order some food and after he received his order, he inadvertently left his wallet on a table. It took only a few minutes before he realized his mistake and returned to find that the wallet was already gone. Staff in the restaurant reported they had seen a male who had come in and picked up the wallet. A description of that male was provided and he was located a short while later in the downtown area but not before he had used the credit card to purchase cigarettes at a nearby convenience store. This same male had just been released earlier in the day after he was arrested for breaching the peace at a Grange Street business.

A 21 year old Guelph man was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property and fraud. He was held in custody to appear in bail court today.

Prohibited driver arrested in traffic stop

On March 23rd at approximately 9:15pm, police observed a grey Ford Mustang that was driving on Imperial Road with expired validation on the licence plate. When emergency lights were activated to stop the vehicle, the vehicle’s driver responded by accelerating and quickly turning onto Ferman Drive. Lights and sirens were active and the vehicle finally stopped at the back of a Ferman Drive complex it had turned in to.

Investigation revealed that the driver was currently prohibited from driving for a previous criminal offence and a female passenger in the car was the owner of the car.

As a result of his actions Michael Lueddeku, 41 years of age from Guelph, was arrested and charged driving while disqualified, flight from police, obstruct police, identity fraud and a number of other provincial offences. He was later released to appear in court on May 9, 2017.

The 43 year owner of the vehicle was also charged for permitting and unlicensed driver to drive a motor vehicle.

Calls for service

On March 23, 2017 the Guelph Police Service responded to 234 calls for service.

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