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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police have arrested two men after witnessing a vehicle travelling down a road at high speeds. Dozens of charges were laid after officers attempted a traffic stop of a vehicle, which they said was speeding westbound on the Chief Peguis Trail …
Read More »2 men arrested after string of firearm-related incidents, police pursuit in Winnipeg – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say they have arrested two men after a string of firearm-related incidents and a police pursuit into East St. Paul and back to the city on Saturday. At 1 a.m. police say a man in his 20s was robbed by …
Read More »Girls at risk as convicted sex offender is back on Winnipeg streets, police say – Winnipeg
A convicted sex offender with a lengthy rap sheet of offences against children is back on the streets, and expected to live in Winnipeg, police say. The Manitoba integrated high-risk sex offender unit is warning Winnipeggers that Leslie Wayne Oliver Mercredi, 32, was released from the Headingley Correctional Centre on …
Read More »Winnipeg police investigate suspicious death – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say they are investigating what they call a suspicious death. Officers were called to the back lane in the 500 block of Young Street on June 21 around 7 a.m. with a report a body had been found. Police say …
Read More »Winnipeg police investigate Langside Street homicide – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg homicide investigators are looking into the death Saturday of a 64-year-old man at a suite on Langside Street. Police said they were called to the 300 block of Langside around 10:30 p.m., where they found the body of Marcel Alphonse Painchaud. …
Read More »Massive Sutherland Ave. structure fire may have been arson, Winnipeg police say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A massive blaze that tore through a partially empty industrial warehouse in North Point Douglas may have been intentionally set. Winnipeg police confirmed Friday they’re investigating Tuesday’s Sutherland Avenue fire as a possible arson. The building, which was once home to Vulcan …
Read More »Winnipeg man accused of child porn was teacher for 15 years, police say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Winnipeg man who worked as a teacher for a decade and a half has been arrested for possessing child pornography. Police say an investigation that began in January led to a raid at a home in the Seven Oaks neighbourhood Wednesday, …
Read More »Winnipeg police seek man in pair of 2022 reported sexual assaults on city buses – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say a woman who reported a man sexually assaulted her in October 2022 says he did the same thing a few months prior. On Oct. 26, 2022, a 23-year-old woman reported a sexual assault aboard a Winnipeg Transit bus. The …
Read More »Winnipeg man arrested after assault with skateboard – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police say they have arrested a 27-year-old man who assaulted someone with a skateboard in St. Boniface. On June 29 around 10 p.m. officers went to the river dock in the 400 block of Tache Avenue about a man who was …
Read More »Winnipeg cops seek suspect accused of groping woman on bus – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Sex crimes investigators are trying to identify a suspect accused of touching a woman inappropriately while riding Winnipeg Transit. The incident took place on the morning of June 17 in the St. Vital area. Police said an unknown man sat beside the …
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