Furniture sparks fight at Guelph home

A disagreement over furniture took a violent turn in downtown Guelph.

It began around 6 a.m. Saturday at a home on Dublin Street North.

“The owners said a man knocked on their door and asked if he could have some furniture which had been left outside,” Guelph Police said a media release. “When he was told he could not the man became angry and confrontational.”

The homeowners went back inside but the stranger wasn’t done.

Police said the man tried to get inside their home “by punching through a screen and pulling the storm door hard enough to break the handle.”

By the time officers arrived on Dublin Street North, the man and homeowner were in the middle of a verbal fight on the front lawn.

The man fled but police arrested him after a short chase.

The 29-year-old was charged with attempted break and enter, breaching his probation and failing to leave when directed.