Point Edward municipal office (photo courtesy of Village of Point Edward)Point Edward municipal office (photo courtesy of Village of Point Edward)
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Point Edward municipal office broken into

Lambton OPP is investigating a break and enter to the Point Edward Municipal Office on Wednesday morning.

The OPP's emergency response and canine units responded to 135 Kendall St. at around 6:15 a.m.

Village CAO Jim Burns said they and OPP were notified by the alarm company.

"The OPP arrived and one of the back patio doors was smashed," said Burns.

"When police got here, they went through the building in case the person was still in here," he said. "They didn't find anybody, and they did what they needed to do. Now, we're just cleaning up the mess. I think we were very lucky here that the OPP responded very quickly to this call. I think we're lucky that way because we don't believe that the person ever left the one office that they broke into. Everything was contained to that office, so we were very lucky that way."

Police said a suspect entered the building and fled the scene but there are no public safety concerns at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call Lambton OPP or Crime Stoppers.

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