Police briefs: ‘Suspicious’ man entering Stratford backyards overnight

Stratford police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspicious person seen going in and out of backyards overnight.

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Residents on Bradshaw Drive in the city’s northwest called police Tuesday around 3:30 a.m. after a white male in his late teens or early 20s was spotted on camera entering backyards in the neighborhood. Police said the man was wearing red plaid pyjama pants and a black hoody with white lettering on the sleeves and back. The hood was pulled up, and the man was not wearing any shoes or socks.

Police believe the man came from nearby Briarhill Drive. Anyone with information is requested to contact the Stratford Police Service at 519-271-4141, or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or p3tips.com.

St. Marys man arrested after standoff

A 35-year-old St. Marys man was arrested and charged after a standoff with police in the Perth County town on the weekend.

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Stratford police received a report on Sunday, just before 5:30 p.m., that a female was being threatened by her ex-spouse. About an hour later, police were told that the man was at a residence on Wellington Street, in St. Marys, and had a firearm. Police went to the home, and the man was barricaded inside.

Negotiations with police resulted in the man throwing an imitation pistol toward police.

After a warrant was obtained, members of the Stratford Police Service Emergency Response Unit entered the residence at 10:30 p.m. and arrested the man without incident. The man was taken to Stratford police headquarters and charged with two counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, one count of uttering threats to burn property and one count of failing to comply with probation. He was held in custody to attend a bail hearing.

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