Saskatchewan RCMP: on duty in your community - Monday, July 4 to Sunday, July 10, 2022, inclusive

July 11, 2022
Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan

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Please note all information below occurred within the time period above, unless otherwise noted.

Saskatchewan RCMP – Your Provincial Police Service

Investigative Recap

Yorkton RCMP seize fentanyl, methamphetamine during search warrant. On June 30, 2022, Yorkton RCMP, Yorkton Municipal General Investigation Section (GIS) and Yorkton Provincial GIS executed a search warrant on Ashwood Place in Yorkton as part of an ongoing investigation. Officers located and seized 22.3 grams of fentanyl, 11.8 grams of methamphetamine, a sum of cash, drug trafficking paraphernalia and equipment used to tamper the VINs of vehicles.

Further investigation led to officers recovering a stolen truck on July 4; it had been reported stolen in Yorkton on June 20. As a result, Jennilee Weiler, 33, of Yorkton, Robert Laframboise, 26, of Regina, Darian Kamieniecki, 28, of Yorkton and Robert Chipuer, 33, of Melville have each been charged with: one count, possession for the purpose of trafficking (fentanyl), Section 5(2), Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and one count, possession of the proceeds of crime, Section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code. Weiler is also charged with one count, uttering a forged document, Section 57(4), Criminal Code and one count, alter/destroy/remove a vehicle identification number, Section 353.1(1), Criminal Code.

Weiler will appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on July 15, 2022. Kamieniecki will appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on July 11, 2022. Laframboise and Chipuer will appear in Yorkton Provincial Court on July 18, 2022.

La Ronge RCMP charge youth after firearms call. On June 30, 2022 at approximately 1:45 p.m., La Ronge RCMP received a report of an armed individual at a residence on Elder Road. Officers immediately responded and determined there was no immediate risk to public safety. Investigation determined an individual was illegally possessing and transferring firearms. On July 9, 2022, a 13-year-old male who is from the area and can't be identified as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act was charged with 4 counts, unsafe storage of a firearm, Section 86(2), Criminal Code; 1 count, unlicensed possession of a firearm, Section 91(1), Criminal Code; 1 count, possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of an offence, Section 96(2), Criminal Code; and one count, unauthorized transfer of a firearm, Section 99, Criminal Code. He will appear in La Ronge Provincial Court on September 12, 2022.

Ponteix RCMP investigating theft of photography equipment. On June 18, 2022, a photographer was working in Grasslands National Park. When they returned to their vehicle, which was parked at Station #4 near the Frenchman Valley Campground, they found the window had been smashed. Approximately $40,000 of photography equipment, including cameras, lenses and a tripod, was missing from the vehicle. Ponteix RCMP are actively investigating. If you have any information about this theft, call the Ponteix RCMP at 306-625-6400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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.

Report some complaints such as damage/mischief to property under $5,000, theft of bicycle under $5,000, theft under $5,000, theft from vehicle under $5,000, lost or found property and damage/mischief to vehicle under $5000 online here: https://ocre-sielc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/saskatchewan/en

Incidents in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction July 4 to July 10, 2022

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.

Divisional Operational Communications Centre (does not include calls for service by the public directly to local RCMP detachments)
Calls for service total 7694
Highest volume of calls for service was on July 9, 2022 1295
Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) 93

Persons Offences (number of incidents, not victims)
Homicide 1
Homicides year to date (January, 2022 to last day encompassed in this report) 13
Sexual assaults 15
Sexual crime - other (invitation to sexual touching, sexual interference) 4


Assaults

Aggravated Assault 5
Assault 204
Assault with weapon or cauing bodily harm 68
Robbery 5
Firearms (use of in the commission of an offence, discharge with intent, pointing a firearm) 3
Kidnapping/forcible confinement 3
Harassment/uttering threats 118
Other persons offences (domestic or family dispute, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, extortion with firearm, mischief – danger to life, etc.) 28
Property Offences
Break and Enter Total 1
Number of break and enters to a business 22
Number of break and enters to a residence 69
Number of other break and enters (encompasses sheds, storage containers, unattached garages, etc.) 27
Theft Total 275
Other theft over $5,000 32
Theft $5,000 or under 209
Number of theft of motor vehicle 37
Mischief 577
Number of mischief - damage to property 156
Number of mischief - obstruct enjoyment of property (example: unwanted, intoxicated person at a residence) 419
Other Criminal Code Offences
Bail violations 139
Breach of probation 32
Failure to appear 30
Disturbing the peace 217

Reports of intimate partner and family violence

  • Time period reported is quarterly.
  • Data represents number of victims, as there may be more than one victim on a specific investigative file. An individual victimized more than once in a timeframe would be counted more than once. Due to common relationship types in intimate and family violence categories, totals should not be combined.
  • Intimate partner refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), current and former dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship.
  • Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
January 2022
Intimate partner violence 339
Family violence 320
February 2022
Intimate partner violence 332
Family violence 352
March 2022
Intimate partner violence 389
Family violence 395
Total intimate partner violence January-March 1060
Total family violence January-March 2022 1067
Traffic
Impaired-related offences 111
Number of roadside suspensions 7
Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle 20
Speeding (this does not include automated speed enforcement fines issued) 1015
Fines issued 722
Warnings issued (education-focused interaction between police and public) 293
Collisions 175
Dangerous driving 10
Fatal collisions (number of incidents, not victims) 3

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 366
False alarms 259
Breach of peace 167
911 Act – other activities 229
Suspicious person/vehicle/property 235
Mental health act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons thinking about suicide, or people with mental illness and requiring assistance): 230
Non-suspicious sudden deaths/Coroner's Act (generally, police officers responding to reports of persons who died by suicide. Individual numbers associated to people who died by suicide would require a manual review of all RCMP files under this code): 19

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