Kitchener business targeted with property damage, hate-motivated comments

A Waterloo Regional Police cruiser. (CityNews file photo)

By Rachel Morgan

Posted Aug 10, 2025 02:56:57 PM.

Last Updated Aug 11, 2025 04:29:27 AM.

Waterloo Regional Police have opened an investigation on reports of property damage and hate-motivated comments directed at a Kitchener business.

Police say an unknown suspect entered a restaurant in the are of King Street East and Borden Avenue North on Friday shortly before 8 p.m.

The suspect allegedly damaged a card scanner.

Through an initial investigation, police learned that the same suspect allegedly made hate-motivated comments towards employees at the same Kitchener business approximately a week prior.

The investigation is ongoing by members of the WRPS’ Neighbourhood Policing Central Division.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 519-570-9777, extension 4497, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.

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