Photo: Cameron Wilkinson outside the HRPS Headquarters
The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) is asking for the public’s help after a home was vandalized in Oakville.
On Friday, July 22nd, officers were called to a house located at the intersection of Third Line and Hixon Street. Residents of the home had returned from a night away to find their entire house flooded and their property vandalized.
Unknown suspect(s) climbed onto the roof of the home and placed a garden hose into a vent above the attached garage and turned the water on. It is estimated the water was running for roughly 18 to 20 hours, causing massive flooding and damage to the house. The estimated total value of the damage caused is in excess of $100,000.
Suspect(s) also slashed an inflatable hot tub in the backyard and cut a phone line to the house.
Police would like to speak with anyone who was in the area of Hixon Street and Third Line between 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 21st and 1:45 p.m. on Friday, July 22nd or anyone who has dash cam/surveillance footage near the intersection between those times.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Detective Constable Kevin Norton of the 2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 905-825-4777 ext. 2258.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers. “See something? Hear something? Know something? Contact Crime Stoppers” at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.ca.
