Weekly Report: Monday, April 3 to Sunday, April 9, 2023, inclusive.
Please note all information below occurred within the time period above, unless otherwise noted.
Investigative Recap
Ongoing missing person investigations. Saskatchewan RCMP continues to ask for public assistance locating the following missing individuals:
- Seth Deschambeault – Prince Albert Detachment area
- Malcolm Custer – Smeaton Detachment area
- Shequille “Shack” Gamble – Big River Detachment area
- Joanne Highway – Prince Albert Detachment area
- Dominic Kahpoonapit – Pierceland Detachment area
- Jesse Dionne – Cumberland House Detachment area
- Dresaun Prettyshield – Yorkton Detachment area
- Jaycee Geml – Fillmore Detachment area
- Eugene Harold Swiftwolfe – Battlefords Detachment area
- Blair April Halkett – Assiniboia Detachment area
- Carter Sobiesiak-Burley – Porcupine Plain RCMP Detachment area
Report Tips and Information: If you have information about any of the above crimes, or other criminal activity, please report it to your nearest RCMP Detachment or police service, call 310-RCMP in non-emergencies, 911 in emergencies. Information can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submitting a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
April 3: Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford Crime Reduction Team (CRT) was working to locate 26-year-old Ethan Night from Saulteaux First Nation. He was wanted on four separate warrants for offences including pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, uttering threats and fraud. Investigation determined he was at a residence on Salteaux First Nation. Officers were let into the house by occupants and located Night hiding under a mattress. He was arrested without incident and was scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on April 6, 2023.
April 4: Montreal Lake RCMP seize methamphetamine and cocaine following report of single vehicle collision
April 4: Spiritwood investigate firearms discharge and seek information on wanted male
April 5: Punnichy RCMP warns about the dangers of illicit drugs after recent suspected overdoses
April 5: Investigation by La Ronge RCMP’s General Investigation Section (GIS) determined occupants of a residence on Settee Street in Stanley Mission may be trafficking cocaine. With the assistance of Saskatchewan RCMP’s Critical Incident Response Team and La Ronge Crime Reduction Team, officers executed a search warrant at the residence. Officers located and seized a small amount of crack cocaine, a machete, a sum of cash and drug trafficking paraphernalia.
Two males were arrested without incident at the scene.
19-year-old Yeina Koladino from Saskatoon is charged with:
– one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act;
– one count, possession of property obtained by crime less than $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code;
– one count, fail to comply with undertaking, Section 145(4)(a), Criminal Code; and
– one count, fail to comply with probation, Section 733.1(1), Criminal Code.
He was also arrested on an outstanding warrant from Stanley Mission RCMP for failing to appear in court. He is scheduled to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on April 6, 2023 (Information 90501342).
As a result of investigation, 38-year-old Russell Charles from Stanley Mission is charged with:
– one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking, Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act; and
– one count, possession of property obtained by crime less than $5,000, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code.
He is scheduled to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on May 1, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. (Information 90501341).
La Ronge GIS continues to investigate. Anyone with information should call La Ronge RCMP at 306-425-6730. Information can also be submitted anonymously by contacting Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.saskcrimestoppers.com.
April 5: Warman RCMP and Saskatoon Police Service Air Support Unit work together to locate elderly male
April 6: Punnichy RCMP investigating break and enter and assault at residence
April 6: Carrot River RCMP investigating fatal collision involving pedestrian
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Incidents in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction April 3 to April 9, 2023
Please note: the statistics below are representative of reports received within the Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction. They are from the RCMP records management system and are accurate as the day they are collected. Crime statistics are regularly updated due to changes in reporting procedures, changes in ongoing investigations, etc. As a result, the statistics below may differ from previous or future published reports.
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Divisional Operational Communications Centre (does not include calls for service by the public directly to local RCMP detachments) |
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| Calls for service total | 5947 |
| Highest volume of calls for service was on April 7, 2023 | 1037 |
| Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) | 67 |
| Persons Offences (number of incidents, not victims) | |
| Homicide | 1 |
| Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) | 5 |
| Sexual assaults | 17 |
| Sexual crime – other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) | 6 |
| Assaults | |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 |
| Assault | 175 |
| Assault with weapon or causing bodily harm | 52 |
| Robbery | 5 |
| Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) | 10 |
| Kidnapping/forcible confinement | 1 |
| Harassment/uttering threats | 101 |
| Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) | 19 |
| Property Offences | |
| Break and Enter Total | 84 |
| Number of break and enters to a business | 15 |
| Number of break and enters to a residence | 50 |
| Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) | 19 |
| Theft Total | 170 |
| Other theft over $5,000 | 18 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 123 |
| Number of theft of motor vehicle | 29 |
| Mischief | 545 |
| Number of mischief – damage to property | 89 |
| Number of mischief – obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) | 456 |
| Other Criminal Code Offences | |
| Bail violations | 134 |
| Breach of probation | 27 |
| Failure to appear/comply | 26 |
| Disturbing the peace | 147 |
Reports of intimate partner and family violence
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| October 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 404 |
| Family violence | 416 |
| November 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 320 |
| Family violence | 323 |
| December 2022 | |
| Intimate partner violence | 338 |
| Family violence | 408 |
| Total intimate partner violence October-December, 2022 | 1062 |
| Total family violence October-December, 2022 | 1147 |
| Traffic | |
| Impaired-related offences | 84 |
| Number of roadside suspensions | 12 |
| Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle | 26 |
| Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) | 1795 |
| Fines issued | 1045 |
| Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) |
750 |
| Collisions | 160 |
| Dangerous driving | 3 |
| Fatal collisions (number of road-going incidents, not victims) | 2 |
| Non-offence Codes (generally, instances where Criminal Codes or Provincial/Federal Statutes aren’t broken – for example abandoned vehicles, animal calls, school visits, property or wellbeing checks, etc.) | |
| Assistance | 268 |
| False alarms | 184 |
| Breach of peace | 126 |
| 911 Act – other activities | 185 |
| Suspicious person/vehicle/property | 177 |
| Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): | 185 |
| Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner’s Act (Every non-suspicious sudden death police officers respond to including reports of persons who died by suicide, natural, accident or undetermined. Specific breakdowns by cause of death are unavailable.) | 21 |