Suspect in alleged attempt to break into home in Pembroke, Ont. sought by OPP

Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Source: OPP/File Image)

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking the public for help in identifying a suspect involved in an alleged attempt to break into a home in Pembroke, Ont. last week.

Police say they started investigating the incident on May 16 when they received a call from the occupants of a house located on Market Street around 3 p.m., reporting a man tried to enter through the back window after attempting to enter through the front door and being turned away.

“Approximately 30 minutes later the same person was seen trying to gain entry into the residence through a basement window,” the OPP said in a news release Friday.

“The person was scared off by the occupants inside the residence.”

The OPP wants to speak with this person.

He is described as in his 50s, with short-white hair, balding on the top of their head. Police note that he had a longer white beard and was wearing a black sleeveless shirt.

Anyone with information or video footage from the area during that time is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).