Guelph police report they are aware of a video circulating on social media in which a Guelph male can be heard making threatening comments and using profanity and racial slurs towards a third party who was not physically present.
The video was recorded during an interaction between two people in downtown Guelph Sunday morning. A 28-year-old Guelph male was arrested and has been charged with a number of offences in relation to this incident including robbery and weapons offences. He remains in custody and will appear in a Guelph bail court Wednesday.
All complaints of this nature are reviewed by the Guelph Police Service’s hate crimes coordinator.
Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call Constable Thomas Lecomte at 519-824-1212, ext. 7163, email him at [email protected], leave an anonymous message for Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous tip online at www.csgw.tips.
