Source: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
On September 18, 2023, at approximately 8:00 am, RCMP received several calls in relation to property crime in the Lockport, St. Andrews and West St. Paul areas. All reports were involving the same two suspects.
One report was of two suspects attempting to break into a business in Lockport. They were scared off by people in the area and fled.
A second report was of a damaged stolen truck that was located on River Road, in the RM of West St. Paul. The truck and a side by side had been stolen from a residence nearby, and the suspects had backed the truck through the garage door in order to gain entry to the garage. The side by side was not located.
A third report was a theft in the area. A male suspect driving a side by side, stopped at a property and began going through a vehicle. The homeowner confronted the suspect, and was injured when the suspect struck him with the quad while fleeing.
The 65-year-old male sustained minor injuries.
Officers located an abandoned side by side on Highway 9, and a report came in about two suspicious people nearby. This led officers to locate the female suspect and a stolen vehicle. She was arrested without incident. Officers contained the area and a call from the public about a suspicious male led officers to locate the male suspect who was riding a stolen bicycle. He was arrested without incident.
A 30-year-old female from RM of Macdonald is facing charges of:
Breaking and Entering x2
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime x2
Theft of Truck
Theft
Fail to Comply
Randall Schaffer 32, of Winnipeg has been charged with:
Breaking and Entering x2
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime x3
Theft of Truck
Theft x2
Theft of Bicycle
Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle
“Thank you to all the people who called in and reported these two individuals,” said Inspector Sheldon Hollingworth, Detachment Commander of Selkirk and the Red River North RCMP. “The information we received from the public was crucial and led us to locate and arrest these suspects.”