Morden: This Week in Crime

Laura ManningNews

MORDEN, MB. – Morden police arrested Rebecca Janice McKinney of Swan Lake First Nation after failing to comply with a probation order. She was released on the order following charges of Obstruct/Resist Police, Utter Threats and Fail to Comply with an Undertaking but failed to report to her probation officer.

Police are looking for the driver of a hit and run accident that occurred March 25 in the Alliance Church parking lot. A 2017 white Mitsubishi Outlander was struck sometime between 3:00 and 6:00pm. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Morden Police Service at 822-4900, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text “TIPMAN” plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

Police are once again reminding people to lock their doors as some vehicles parked in the 400 block of 5th Street in Morden were broken into. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Morden Police Service at 822-4900, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text “TIPMAN” plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

A male and female are facing charges of Breach of Probation after being released on conditions to have no contact or communication with each other. Police were called to a residence where the two co-accused were living together. The male was placed on Probation in October 2017 for various charges including two counts of Fail to Comply with Conditions of an Undertaking, Fail to Comply with a Recognizance, Theft Under $5000.00 and Fail to Appear. One of the conditions of his probation was to have no contact with the female. The female was placed on Probation in February 2018 on a charge under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. One of her conditions was to have no contact or communication with the co-accused. The 31-year-old male and female were both arrested and charged for Fail to Comply with a Probation Order. They were released on Promises to Appear in Morden Provincial Court in April.

Laura Manning with Files from the Morden Police