Home security cameras disabled during Guelph break-in

Smashed glass is seen outside a Dairy Queen in Guelph, Ont., on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015.

Thieves disabled a home’s security system and smashed through a window during a break-and-enter in Guelph.

Guelph Police Service officers were called to the home near Beaver Meadow Drive and McArthur Drive on Saturday around 1 p.m. They were told the homeowners had been out, but when they got back they discovered the broken window and several ransacked closets.

Officers spoke with neighbours who recalled seeing a suspicious male in the area. He was described as a tanned, 5’7” man with an average build, and possibly in his 30s or 40s. He wore a dark T-shirt, shorts and a black hat.