WINNIPEG – A City of Winnipeg employee faces charges of Theft Over $5,000 after a week-long investigation conducted by the Major Crimes Unit. Police seized $8,500 of property belonging to the City of Winnipeg while executing a search warrant at a home in a rural residence in the town of St. Adolphe. The scrap metal…
Project Hook Results in 8 Men Charged with Child Luring
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Police along with the support of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, the Winnipeg Police Counter Exploitation Unit and Internet Child Exploitation Unit, have conducted another Project Hook, entitled Hook 2.0. The first Project Hook was conducted last summer and targeted suspects luring children under the age of 14 for sexual…
Police Investigate Man Killed Near Rail Line
WINNIPEG – The victim of the city’s 13th homicide has now been identified. 53 year-old Joselito Fernandez of Winnipeg was shot and killed along the rail lines on Selkirk Avenue on April 18 at about 3:10 am. Homicide investigators are now asking the public for their assistance. Anyone in the area that has access to…
BerMax Cafe Victims of Hate Crimes
WINNIPEG – The BerMax Cafe on Corydon Avenue was the target of a hate crime late last night. At about 10:45 pm emergency personnel were called to the restaurant where they found a female employee who had been assaulted. She was taken to the hospital where she was treated and released. The business was also…
Police Investigate Death Along Rail Lines
WINNIPEG – Police are investigating the death of a man found along the rail line on Selkirk Avenue. Emergency personnel responded to a report of a serious assault on April 18 at about 3:00 am. He was taken to hospital in critical condition where he was pronounced deceased. This investigation is continuing by members of…
Winnipeg Man Charged in Pembina Highway Murder
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg police have made an arrest in the stabbing death of a man at a restaurant on Pembina Highway. Two men were stabbed in an altercation at the restaurant on April 15 at about 11:10 pm. 20 year-old Yazan Alhorani died from his injuries and the other victim is in stable condition in…
Man Hospitalized After Party Turns Violent
WINNIPEG – A 20 year-old woman has been charged with aggravated assault after stabbing a man during a party. Both the victim and the suspect were drinking at a home on Magnus Avenue at about 6:00 pm on April 15. The victim began fighting with several people including the suspect and at some point she…
Homicide on Pembina Highway
WINNIPEG – Winnipeg police are looking for anyone with information regarding a stabbing that occurred on April 15 at about 11:00 pm. at a lounge in the 300 block of Pembina Highway. Two men were taken to the hospital with serious injuries and one man has since succumbed to his injuries. The other victim remains…
Suspect High on Meth Robs Liquor Store
WINNIPEG – A man, high on methamphetamine, robbed a liquor store and then fled through a residential area before he was eventually located by Air1 and taken into custody. Upon further investigation, it was also discovered that he was responsible for robbing the same liquor store a week earlier. 25 year-old Bernard Wailunga has been…
Winnipeg Man Charged with Possession of Child Pornography
WINNIPEG – A 56 year-old Winnipeg man has been charged with possession of child pornography after a Winnipeg police investigation. In late February, a provider notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States who in turn, notified the Canadian Child Exploitation Centre and the Winnipeg Police that child sexual abuse…