Please note all information below occurred within the time period above, unless otherwise noted.
Saskatchewan RCMP – Your Provincial Police Service
Investigative Recap
- July 5: La Ronge RCMP arrest male wanted in June 19 firearms incident
- July 5: There may be more, unidentified victims in Prince Albert RCMP sexual exploitation investigation
- July 5: Warman RCMP investigating fatal collision
- July 6: Saskatchewan RCMP seizes 954 g of methamphetamine, 337 g of cocaine from vehicle on Trans-Canada Highway near Maple Creek
- July 6: Investigation by Saskatchewan RCMP's Saskatchewan Enforcement Response Team determined a wanted male was at a residence in Melfort. Cody Wiegers-McDougald, 31, was arrested without incident. He was wanted on warrants from Prince Albert RCMP, Rosthern RCMP, Prince Albert Police Service, and Correctional Service Canada for charges including dangerous operation of a conveyance, flight from police and being unlawfully at large. He will next appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court Provincial Court on July 21, 2022.
- July 7: Saskatoon RCMP: one deceased, one unaccounted for after canoe capsizes in Bradwell Reservoir
- July 8: Saskatchewan RCMP issue dangerous person alert for Langham, SK and surrounding area
- July 10: Carrot River RCMP: Frank Young located deceased
- July 10: At approximately 8:00 p.m., White Butte RCMP received a report of a semi-trailer on fire on Highway #46, approximately 2 kilometers east of Pilot Butte. The local Fire Department also attended the scene to extinguish the fire. The driver of the semi was not injured. A portion of the highway was initially closed and has since reopened.
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.
Calls for service total | 7694 |
Highest volume of calls for service was on July 9, 2022 | 1295 |
Reports of Impaired Drivers (RID calls) | 93 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |