WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Police are looking for witnesses to a serious accident on Portage Avenue near Overdale Street on Friday, February 2nd around 4:40PM. Police said an early investigation has determined that a vehicle was travelling eastbound on Portage Avenue when the driver lost control and crossed the median into westbound traffic, causing the…
32-Year-Old Driver Charged for Hit and Run on Wellington
WINNIPEG, MB – Witnesses help police identify and charge a 32-year-old who hit a pedestrian on Wellington Avenue. Friday, February 2 at around 6:30PM, a 44-year-old man was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. The man was transported to hospital in unstable condition. He was later upgraded to stable condition. Police said the…
Another Brazen Car -Jacking in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG, MB – A second car-jacking took place in Winnipeg on Saturday. This one was in the morning and four people have been arrested and charged. The victim, a 44-year-old woman, told police she was securing a car seat in the rear of her vehicle on Selkirk Avenue around 10:20a.m. Saturday morning. An unknown male…
Winnipeg Man Fires Shots into a Home on Redwood
WINNIPEG, MB – A Winnipeg man is believed to have borrowed a woman’s vehicle to drive to another woman’s home and fire several shots into that home that had two children present He then proceeded to assaulted the woman who leant him her vehicle. It started around midnight February 4th when a man with a…
Winnipeg Man Jacks a Vehicle and Goes on a Joyride
WINNIPEG, MB – Police have charge a 29-year-old man from Winnipeg with several offences in connection with a drunken joy ride on Pembina Highway. Around 9:10 p.m. on Saturday night a woman was picking up an order at a drive-thru window from a Tim Hortons in the 2400 block of Pembina Highway. The male suspect…
Police Finally Nab 3 Suspects Wanted in a String of Break and Enter’s
WINNIPEG, MB – Police stopped a stolen vehicle yesterday that they believed was used in a number of Break and Enters throughout the city dating back to early December. Officers found many of stolen items in the vehicle and charged three people, all from Winnipeg. The crimes are believed to have started in December 2017,…
K-9 Locates 13-Year-Old Armed Robbery Suspect
WINNIPEG, MB – A 13-year-old has been charged for a robbery yesterday on Roblin Blvd. The robbery occurred around 10:30 last evening at a business in the 6500 block of Roblin Boulevard. Police said the suspect, while wearing a disguise and armed with a knife, confronted an employee. He demanded and received an undisclosed amount…
High Risk Sex Offender to Live in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG, MB – A convicted sex offender who police say is a high risk to re-offend in a sexual manner against young females was released yesterday and is expected to live in Winnipeg. William Rupert Astle, 82 years of age was released after serving a four year sentence for indecent exposure to a person under…
Retired Officer Takes Down Robbery Suspect
WINNIPEG, MB – A retired Winnipeg police officer was in the right place and the right time yesterday afternoon and took down a robbery suspect. Around 3PM Thursday, February 1, police responded to a robbery at a business in the 1500 block of Regent Avenue. A retired Winnipeg Police officer, who happened upon the suspect…
Wanted Manslaughter Suspect – Do Not Approach
WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Police are looking for Lanessa Moskotayenene, who they have identified as a suspect in the death of Angel Beaulieu. Angel Beaulieu, who was 22-years-old, died from stabbing wounds that she received on January 18, 2018. Homicide investigators have identified Lanessa Moskotayenene as a suspect and is wanted for Manslaughter and Aggravated…