Family Shaken by Daytime Old Beechwood Break-In

A Waterloo family returned to its Craigleith Drive home on Friday afternoon to find rooms ransacked and valuables missing after a daytime break-in in the city’s Old Beechwood neighbourhood, according to CTV News Kitchener. The broadcaster reported that jewelry, watches, gold, silver, cash and sentimental items connected to the family’s children were taken from the house. The incident added to concern in a neighbourhood where residents told CTV they want a stronger police presence. Waterloo Regional Police are investigating. ### What do police and local reports say happened on Craigleith Drive? CTV News Kitchener reported on May 23 that the break-in happened Friday afternoon at a home on Craigleith Drive in Waterloo’s Old Beechwood area. The family told the broadcaster the house had been rummaged through and personal belongings were scattered inside. CP24, citing the family’s account to CTV’s Heather Senoran, reported that one of the burglars appeared to pose as a delivery driver minutes before the home was entered. That detail has circulated through local coverage, though police had not publicly released a matching news statement about the Craigleith Drive case in the material reviewed. ### What was taken from the home? CTV News Kitchener said the family reported the theft of jewelry, watches, gold, silver, cash and sentimental items tied to their children. (ctvnews.ca) The report did not place a dollar figure on the loss in the material available through search results and index pages. The family’s account, as summarized by CTV, described not only stolen valuables but also the disruption inside the house after drawers and belongings were rifled through. (cp24.com) That description has become a central part of the story because it speaks to the condition in which the residents said they found the home. ### Has Waterloo police said anything publicly about this specific case? Waterloo Regional Police had not posted a dedicated public news release about the Craigleith Drive break-in in the sources reviewed by Sunday. (ctvnews.ca) The service’s incidents page did show a break-and-enter entry in Waterloo posted on May 23, though the public listing did not identify the street or confirm it was the same case. A separate Waterloo Regional Police release from May 4 shows investigators have been warning about residential daytime break-ins elsewhere in Waterloo this month. (ctvnews.ca) In that case, police said a break-in on Cornwall Street occurred between 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., and the investigation was assigned to the Break and Enter, Auto Theft, and Robbery Unit. (wrps.ca) Another police release from April described a residential break-in in the Fischer Hallman Road and Keats Way area in which suspects entered through the rear of the property and stole jewellery, cash and electronics after rummaging through rooms. Police have not publicly linked that case to the Old Beechwood incident. ### Why are neighbours asking for more patrols? (wrps.ca) Old Beechwood residents told CTV News Kitchener they were unsettled by the daytime timing of the break-in and wanted increased police patrols in the area. The broadcaster’s account said the family no longer felt safe in its home after discovering the damage and missing property. The concern comes as Waterloo police continue to post break-and-enter incidents and investigations across the region, including residential files in Waterloo and Cambridge during April and May. (wrps.ca) Police statements in those cases consistently asked the public to report suspicious activity and provide tips to investigators. ### What happens next in the investigation? (ctvnews.ca) Waterloo Regional Police said in recent break-and-enter investigations that tips can be directed to the service at 519-570-9777, extension 8255, and anonymous information can be submitted through Waterloo Region Crime Stoppers. The police service’s public incidents and news pages remain the main places where updates on active break-and-enter investigations are posted. (wrps.ca) As of Sunday, May 24, no arrest had been announced publicly in connection with the Old Beechwood case in the sources reviewed. Any formal update would be expected to come from Waterloo Regional Police or through follow-up local reporting by outlets including CTV News Kitchener. (wrps.ca) (wrps.ca)