WINNIPEG – AIR1, the city’s police helicopter, had a busy weekend fighting crime. Early Saturday morning, officers in the chopper helped arrest two men after a fight and gunshots in the 600 block of Furby where a freshly fired gun was found hidden on the roof on a building. And then early Sunday morning, AIR1…
For Sex Crimes
WINNIPEG – Police are searching for a man wanted for a number of disturbing offences in Edmonton. 24 year old Aaron Renee Prasad-Pal is accused of several sex crimes including sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual touching and luring a child under 16. Cops know he was here in Winnipeg just yesterday. Prasad-Pal is considered armed…
4 Busted After Robberies
WINNIPEG – The Major Crimes Unit is investigating a series of robberies overnight in the Lord Selkirk Park area. Three women were robbed at knifepoint by large groups in two different incidents. And a man was stabbed by a large group in the 600 block of Manitoba. He’s going to be okay. Four suspects have…
Record Homicides Again?
WINNIPEG – Homicide and forensic investigation units are examining evidence found at a Riverview park after a body was pulled from the Red River over the weekend was found, as police are treating the incident as suspicious. Multiple WPS officers were at the scene at the west end of Don Gerrie Park, near the Manitoba…
Man Faces 25 Sex Charges
WINNIPEG – Police have arrested a man after investigating allegations of historical, multi-generational sexual assaults. The alleged assaults happened between January of 1995 and December of 2015, occurring mostly at a Winnipeg residence. Two initial reports were made to police agency outside of the province which forwarded the case to cops here. Five victims have…
Wanted By Cops
WINNIPEG – The Major Crimes Unit is asking for help identifying this person. This suspect attended an address in the first 100 block of Mountbatten causing thousands of dollars in damage to the rear of the property. Please call police at 204-986-6219 if you have any information.
47 Calls To 911
WINNIPEG – Police have arrested a man for public mischief after dozens of phone calls to 911. 25 year old Harley David Lee Harding has also been charged with indecent communications after 47 emergency calls were made. All the calls between December of 2018 and last month involved some sort of fictitious emergency. Emergency resources…
Manslaughter Charge Laid
WINNIPEG – Police have laid a new charge in the death of Valentine Sumner. The 41 year old man died after he was found assaulted and lying in the road on Main between Dufferin and Jarvis early in the morning on July 18th. 26 year old Christopher Michael Grozelle now faces a manslaughter charge after…
Murder #32
WINNIPEG – There’s been another murder, the city’s 32nd so far this year. At 11:15 yesterday morning, officers responded to the 800 block of Arlington Street for a serious assault. When they got there, they found 47 year old Darrell Joseph Dumas of Pukatawagan, Manitoba had been stabbed. He was rushed to hospital in critical…
Another Murder
WINNIPEG – A 21 year old Toronto man is the city’s latest murder victim. Mohammed Yonis Ali has died after being shot last week in the 800 block of Aberdeen Avenue. Police continue to look for the shooter. Meanwhile, cops have arrested 38 year old Albert Sam Campeau of Winnipeg and charged him with second…